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disappearing hyphens
I copy a reference citation from Word 2003 and paste it into Word 2000(on a
virtual desktop). Word 2003: compared side-Â*byÂ*-side (von Schulthess et al., Radiology 2006; 238(2): 405Â*422, Antoch et al., J Clin Oncol 2004; 22(21): 4357Â*4368, Keidar et al., J Nucl Med 2004; 45(10): 1640Â*1646). and in Word 2000, it shows up as: compared sideÂ*byÂ*side (von Schulthess et al., Radiology 2006; 238(2): 405Â*422, Antoch et al., J Clin Oncol 2004; 22(21): 4357Â*4368, Keidar et al., J Nucl Med 2004; 45(10): 1640Â*1646). The same thing happens if I take the Word 2003 sentence and paste it into an email (outlook 2003) and email it. How do i get it to keep the hyphens? |
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I wonder if the hyphens are somehow being converted to optional hyphens. Do
you see hyphens if you display nonprinting characters? If so, you could use Find and Replace (selectively, if you have other optional hyphens in the document) to replace ^- (the code for an optional hyphen) with a hyphen. -- 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. "Tryxter111" wrote in message ... I copy a reference citation from Word 2003 and paste it into Word 2000(on a virtual desktop). Word 2003: compared side-Â*byÂ*-side (von Schulthess et al., Radiology 2006; 238(2): 405Â*422, Antoch et al., J Clin Oncol 2004; 22(21): 4357Â*4368, Keidar et al., J Nucl Med 2004; 45(10): 1640Â*1646). and in Word 2000, it shows up as: compared sideÂ*byÂ*side (von Schulthess et al., Radiology 2006; 238(2): 405Â*422, Antoch et al., J Clin Oncol 2004; 22(21): 4357Â*4368, Keidar et al., J Nucl Med 2004; 45(10): 1640Â*1646). The same thing happens if I take the Word 2003 sentence and paste it into an email (outlook 2003) and email it. How do i get it to keep the hyphens? |
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Hi Suzanne
Thanks for trying. that partially helps. When I select tools-options-view-optional hyphens, i can see them. But when the email is sent (or i paste it into a document and save it) the hyphens still disappear. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I wonder if the hyphens are somehow being converted to optional hyphens. Do you see hyphens if you display nonprinting characters? If so, you could use Find and Replace (selectively, if you have other optional hyphens in the document) to replace ^- (the code for an optional hyphen) with a hyphen. -- 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. |
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If you can see them only when nonprinting characters are displayed, then
they are *optional* hyphens; that means they will be displayed/printed only if they occur at the end of a line. You have to convert them to actual hyphens if you want them to survive emailing/pasting. -- 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. "Tryxter111" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne Thanks for trying. that partially helps. When I select tools-options-view-optional hyphens, i can see them. But when the email is sent (or i paste it into a document and save it) the hyphens still disappear. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I wonder if the hyphens are somehow being converted to optional hyphens. Do you see hyphens if you display nonprinting characters? If so, you could use Find and Replace (selectively, if you have other optional hyphens in the document) to replace ^- (the code for an optional hyphen) with a hyphen. -- 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. |
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How do I convert them to actual hyphens?
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you can see them only when nonprinting characters are displayed, then they are *optional* hyphens; that means they will be displayed/printed only if they occur at the end of a line. You have to convert them to actual hyphens if you want them to survive emailing/pasting. -- 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. "Tryxter111" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne Thanks for trying. that partially helps. When I select tools-options-view-optional hyphens, i can see them. But when the email is sent (or i paste it into a document and save it) the hyphens still disappear. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I wonder if the hyphens are somehow being converted to optional hyphens. Do you see hyphens if you display nonprinting characters? If so, you could use Find and Replace (selectively, if you have other optional hyphens in the document) to replace ^- (the code for an optional hyphen) with a hyphen. -- 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. |
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I explained that in my first post. If you don't want to use Find and
Replace, just select any one of them and type a hyphen to replace it. -- 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. "Tryxter111" wrote in message ... How do I convert them to actual hyphens? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you can see them only when nonprinting characters are displayed, then they are *optional* hyphens; that means they will be displayed/printed only if they occur at the end of a line. You have to convert them to actual hyphens if you want them to survive emailing/pasting. -- 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. "Tryxter111" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne Thanks for trying. that partially helps. When I select tools-options-view-optional hyphens, i can see them. But when the email is sent (or i paste it into a document and save it) the hyphens still disappear. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I wonder if the hyphens are somehow being converted to optional hyphens. Do you see hyphens if you display nonprinting characters? If so, you could use Find and Replace (selectively, if you have other optional hyphens in the document) to replace ^- (the code for an optional hyphen) with a hyphen. -- 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. |
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