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Default insert ligatures in text

In typesetting systems I wrote, I could search and automatically replace,
ffl, the series of three letters, with a single symbol called a ligature. Can
this be done 'easily' in word via any of the option setings?
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Default insert ligatures in text

You can search and replace, although doing so automatically (ie Replace All)
is a bit dubioustypographically, since not all instances of sequences of fi,
fl, and ffl should be represented by ligatures.



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In typesetting systems I wrote, I could search and automatically replace,
ffl, the series of three letters, with a single symbol called a ligature.
Can
this be done 'easily' in word via any of the option setings?



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Default insert ligatures in text

You can do it with Find and Replace or (with difficulty) with AutoCorrect,
but it drives your spelling checker crazy.

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In typesetting systems I wrote, I could search and automatically replace,
ffl, the series of three letters, with a single symbol called a ligature.

Can
this be done 'easily' in word via any of the option setings?


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