Steve
Mon Oct 31 11:40:50 CST 2005
No, as I said to start with, the automatic function seems to be random:
sometimes it converts hyphens to dashes with no prompting; sometimes it puts
a little blue line underneath with a drop down beside it; most of the time
it just leaves me with a hyphen, or two.
Thanks anyway,
SteveH
"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Hi Steve,
>
> What kind of "fixes" are you looking for? The feature works as
> designed. If you don't want the dashes to be changed automatically, go
> to Tools | AutoCorrect | AutoFormat As You Type and uncheck the box
> for "Hyphens with dash".
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:
http://word.mvps.org
>
> On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 22:04:29 -0000, "Steve Hawkins"
> <steve.a.hawkins@ntl(nospam)world.com> wrote:
>
>>Thanks for the tips.
>>Are there no fixes for the auto thingy?
>>
>>(I'm having trouble getting through to Office Update to day by the way
>>too:
>>either an empty window, or frozen out during the scan...)
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>SteveH
>>
>>
>>"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
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>>> Thanks for saving me from repeating myself!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>>> Words into Type
>>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
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>>> "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>>>> On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 17:46:26 +0100, "Steve Hawkins"
>>>> <steve.a.hawkins@ntl(nospam)world.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >The automatic conversion of - or -- to dash seems to be an entirely
>>> random
>>>> >process. Sometimes, a nice little blue underline tag appears to ask
>>>> >permission; sometimes a dash just appears; most of the time nothing
>>> happens?
>>>> >
>>>> >If one applies dashes by autoformatting after the event - even if all
>>>> >the
>>>> >other boxes are unticked - the whole doc layout is changed as well.
>>>> >
>>>> >Why is there no 'dash' key (can I assign one?)?
>>>> >(I used to use 'alt' keys to add such characters but most of the time
>>>> >nothing seems to happen when I use either the 'Alt' or 'Alt Gr' keys
>>>> >plus
>>>> >the relevant number for these or fractions or accents these days.)
>>>> >
>>>> >How does one get this feature to work properly?
>>>> >
>>>> >Regards,
>>>> >SteveH
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> Suzanne S. Barnhill explained the AutoFormat behavior here:
>>>>
>>>
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.word.docmanagement/msg/5542814b03b50394?hl=en&
>>>>
>>>> The default shortcut keys are Ctrl + NumPad minus for the en dash and
>>>> Ctrl + Alt + NumPad minus for the em dash.
>>>>
>>>> The corresponding Alt + number codes are 150 and 0151, but you must
>>>> type them on the number pad (not the top row of keys) and the NumLock
>>>> must be turned on.
>>>>
>>>> The dashes are also available on the Special Characters tab of the
>>>> Insert > Symbol dialog.
>>>>
>>>> See
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm for a
>>>> full rundown.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Jay Freedman
>>>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:
http://word.mvps.org
>>>
>>