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how do I keep a dash from changing to a long dash
Is there a default setting of some type?
Thanks, Chris |
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how do I keep a dash from changing to a long dash
It's an autoformat ...
Tools AutoCorrect Options On both the Autoformat and Autoformat as you type tabs Uncheck replace hyphens with dash -- Enjoy, Tony "tinachesney" wrote in message ... Is there a default setting of some type? Thanks, Chris |
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Tony,
It must be more than that. Using Word2000 here, I can check or uncheck that option in both places and the result of pressing the - key in a Word document is an en-dash. I can confirm that by performing a Find operation with - in the find what field (Nothing found). If I put ^= in the find what field then the find operation finds the - typed with the AutoCorrect options checked or unchecked. I am stumped. |
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how do I keep a dash from changing to a long dash
Check your AutoCorrect entries, then.
-- 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. "Greg" wrote in message oups.com... Tony, It must be more than that. Using Word2000 here, I can check or uncheck that option in both places and the result of pressing the - key in a Word document is an en-dash. I can confirm that by performing a Find operation with - in the find what field (Nothing found). If I put ^= in the find what field then the find operation finds the - typed with the AutoCorrect options checked or unchecked. I am stumped. |
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how do I keep a dash from changing to a long dash
In my Word 2000, the option is "Symbol characters (--) with symbols (-)" so
typing a single hyphen is not affected - and if I type a single hyphen I get a single hyphen. Do you perhaps have an autocorrect which does this? I don't, and don't recall removing one (so don't think it comes with one) but it has been installed a long time so I could have done it and forgotten. -- Enjoy, Tony "Greg" wrote in message oups.com... Tony, It must be more than that. Using Word2000 here, I can check or uncheck that option in both places and the result of pressing the - key in a Word document is an en-dash. I can confirm that by performing a Find operation with - in the find what field (Nothing found). If I put ^= in the find what field then the find operation finds the - typed with the AutoCorrect options checked or unchecked. I am stumped. |
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how do I keep a dash from changing to a long dash
Changing the Auto* settings was the answer, but it only occurred when I typed
in "[space]-[space]" not when I typed in [letter]-[letter] - thanks "Tony Jollans" wrote: In my Word 2000, the option is "Symbol characters (--) with symbols (-)" so typing a single hyphen is not affected - and if I type a single hyphen I get a single hyphen. Do you perhaps have an autocorrect which does this? I don't, and don't recall removing one (so don't think it comes with one) but it has been installed a long time so I could have done it and forgotten. -- Enjoy, Tony "Greg" wrote in message oups.com... Tony, It must be more than that. Using Word2000 here, I can check or uncheck that option in both places and the result of pressing the - key in a Word document is an en-dash. I can confirm that by performing a Find operation with - in the find what field (Nothing found). If I put ^= in the find what field then the find operation finds the - typed with the AutoCorrect options checked or unchecked. I am stumped. |
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Actually, that option *does* affect single hyphens, but only when they are
surrounded by spaces. The reason for this is that in the U.K. it is customary to use spaceen dashspace the way we use an (unspaced) em dash in the U.S. In the past I've experimented with various combinations of hyphens and spaces to see which ones trigger the conversion, and I don't ever remember all the results, but they're interesting. The most common user error is thinking the conversion *hasn't* worked because it doesn't fire until you type a space or punctuation after the word following the dash. -- 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. "Tony Jollans" My Forename at My Surname dot com wrote in message ... In my Word 2000, the option is "Symbol characters (--) with symbols (-)" so typing a single hyphen is not affected - and if I type a single hyphen I get a single hyphen. Do you perhaps have an autocorrect which does this? I don't, and don't recall removing one (so don't think it comes with one) but it has been installed a long time so I could have done it and forgotten. -- Enjoy, Tony "Greg" wrote in message oups.com... Tony, It must be more than that. Using Word2000 here, I can check or uncheck that option in both places and the result of pressing the - key in a Word document is an en-dash. I can confirm that by performing a Find operation with - in the find what field (Nothing found). If I put ^= in the find what field then the find operation finds the - typed with the AutoCorrect options checked or unchecked. I am stumped. |
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how do I keep a dash from changing to a long dash
Greg wrote:
Tony, It must be more than that. Using Word2000 here, I can check or uncheck that option in both places and the result of pressing the - key in a Word document is an en-dash. I can confirm that by performing a Find operation with - in the find what field (Nothing found). If I put ^= in the find what field then the find operation finds the - typed with the AutoCorrect options checked or unchecked. I am stumped. Hi Greg, The AutoFormat options Tony mentioned are triggered by typing two hyphens together, not by a single hyphen. I think you may separately have an AutoCorrect item in your list. There isn't one by default, but it could have been added. When I define an entry to convert a single hyphen to an en dash, it does work. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Suzanne/Tony/Jay,
Well duh! The other day I was having problems with find "-" and I would have sworn I checked every single entry in the AutoCorrect list. Apparently I missed it then and had convinced myself that that couldn't be the cause of the behaviour today. Wrong again. What would mere mortals like me do if it wasn't for smart people like you? ;-) Thanks. |
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LOL - I'm sure if I checked *every* single entry in the Autocorrect list my
eyes would glaze over ;-) -- Enjoy, Tony "Greg" wrote in message oups.com... Suzanne/Tony/Jay, Well duh! The other day I was having problems with find "-" and I would have sworn I checked every single entry in the AutoCorrect list. Apparently I missed it then and had convinced myself that that couldn't be the cause of the behaviour today. Wrong again. What would mere mortals like me do if it wasn't for smart people like you? ;-) Thanks. |
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thank you
"Tony Jollans" wrote: It's an autoformat ... Tools AutoCorrect Options On both the Autoformat and Autoformat as you type tabs Uncheck replace hyphens with dash -- Enjoy, Tony "tinachesney" wrote in message ... Is there a default setting of some type? Thanks, Chris |
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Tony--can you explain the difference in what happens when you boxes in
AutoFormat vs. AutoFormat as you type? Arlene "Tony Jollans" wrote: It's an autoformat ... Tools AutoCorrect Options On both the Autoformat and Autoformat as you type tabs Uncheck replace hyphens with dash -- Enjoy, Tony "tinachesney" wrote in message ... Is there a default setting of some type? Thanks, Chris |
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how do I keep a dash from changing to a long dash
Please see Jay's response to your previous question on the same subject.
-- 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. "Arlene" wrote in message ... Tony--can you explain the difference in what happens when you boxes in AutoFormat vs. AutoFormat as you type? Arlene "Tony Jollans" wrote: It's an autoformat ... Tools AutoCorrect Options On both the Autoformat and Autoformat as you type tabs Uncheck replace hyphens with dash -- Enjoy, Tony "tinachesney" wrote in message ... Is there a default setting of some type? Thanks, Chris |
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how do I keep a dash from changing to a long dash
Thanks, Suzanne, but I'm asking the question more generically--not
specifically about the dash/hyphen issue. Arlene "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Please see Jay's response to your previous question on the same subject. -- 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. "Arlene" wrote in message ... Tony--can you explain the difference in what happens when you boxes in AutoFormat vs. AutoFormat as you type? Arlene "Tony Jollans" wrote: It's an autoformat ... Tools AutoCorrect Options On both the Autoformat and Autoformat as you type tabs Uncheck replace hyphens with dash -- Enjoy, Tony "tinachesney" wrote in message ... Is there a default setting of some type? Thanks, Chris |
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That's why I referred you to Jay's answer, which explains the difference
between AutoFormat and AutoFormat As You Type. -- 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. "Arlene" wrote in message ... Thanks, Suzanne, but I'm asking the question more generically--not specifically about the dash/hyphen issue. Arlene "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Please see Jay's response to your previous question on the same subject. -- 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. "Arlene" wrote in message ... Tony--can you explain the difference in what happens when you boxes in AutoFormat vs. AutoFormat as you type? Arlene "Tony Jollans" wrote: It's an autoformat ... Tools AutoCorrect Options On both the Autoformat and Autoformat as you type tabs Uncheck replace hyphens with dash -- Enjoy, Tony "tinachesney" wrote in message ... Is there a default setting of some type? Thanks, Chris |
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