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Ligature letters
I use Word 2000 and would like it to automatically change ae and oe to
ligatures (e.g. aesthetics, curriculum vitae, etc.). I've tried inserting the character from Insert, Symbol in AutoCorrect but it doesn't work. If memory serves, it used to be available. Any ideas? I originally submitted it Office General Questions and received a suggestion that I try Word General Questions. Thanks. -- Maureen |
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You can insert the symbol into your document, then Copy (Ctrl+C) and Paste
(Ctrl+V) into the AutoCorrect dialog, but this should not be necessary. Just insert the symbol into your document and select it; when you open Tools | AutoCorrect, the selected symbol will already be inserted in the correct box in the dialog. Note that words using ligatures will be marked as misspelled (but you can add them to your custom dictionary). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Maureen" wrote in message ... I use Word 2000 and would like it to automatically change ae and oe to ligatures (e.g. aesthetics, curriculum vitae, etc.). I've tried inserting the character from Insert, Symbol in AutoCorrect but it doesn't work. If memory serves, it used to be available. Any ideas? I originally submitted it Office General Questions and received a suggestion that I try Word General Questions. Thanks. -- Maureen |
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There's no reason you shouldn't be able to add an AutoCorrect entry but it
won't help you because it only works on "words", not letter combinations in the middle. If you know all the words you are going to use you could, of course, add each of them individually. Alternatively either use the rather awkward built key combinations (Ctrl+&, a etc.) or define your own ... Tools Customize Keyboard (button) Scroll down and select Common Symbols from the left hand list Scroll down to find æ in the right hand list and select it Put your cursor in the Shortcut Key box Press your desired key combination Click on Assign Repeat for each ligature Close the Keyboard dialog and then Close the Customize dialog -- Enjoy, Tony "Maureen" wrote in message ... I use Word 2000 and would like it to automatically change ae and oe to ligatures (e.g. aesthetics, curriculum vitae, etc.). I've tried inserting the character from Insert, Symbol in AutoCorrect but it doesn't work. If memory serves, it used to be available. Any ideas? I originally submitted it Office General Questions and received a suggestion that I try Word General Questions. Thanks. -- Maureen |
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