This is what I get when I type in a hyphen in text: -- It doesn't expand to
a single dash like my old Office XP. Is there a setting for this? It doesn't
work automatically by hitting space bar, double hyphen, then space bar again
as it did in XP. This may seem very fundamental, but I am driven to
distraction trying to fathom it out. Please help!

The setting for this is "Hyphens (--) with dash (-)" on the AutoFormat As
You Type tab of Tools | AutoCorrect Options. The combinations are as
follows:

spacehyphenspace = spaceen dashspace

spacehyphenhyphenspace = spaceen dashspace

characterhyphenhyphencharacter = characterem dashcharacter

None of these fire until you have completed typing the word following the
hyphen(s).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"David" wrote in message
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This is what I get when I type in a hyphen in text: -- It doesn't expand
to
a single dash like my old Office XP. Is there a setting for this? It
doesn't
work automatically by hitting space bar, double hyphen, then space bar
again
as it did in XP. This may seem very fundamental, but I am driven to
distraction trying to fathom it out. Please help!