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Message: [QUOTE="e, post: 5616688"] Thanks very much, Suzanne and Mark, for your replies. e : Word will convert two hyphens to a long (em) dash under these conditions: : : 1. There are no spaces on either side of the hyphens. : : 2. You have completed the word following the hyphens. : : IOW, if you type "text--text," the correction will not fire until you have : typed the second "text" and inserted a space or a punctuation mark. : Conversion of double hyphens under other conditions (spaces around them, : etc.) is spotty. : : Word will convert a single hyphen to an en dash under these conditions: : : 1. There is a space on either side of the hyphens ("text - text"). : : 2. You have completed the word following the hyphen and typed a space or : punctuation mark. : : Note that the en dash conversion is quite useless to U.S. users who use en : dashes in continuous numbers and the like; its purpose is to serve U.K. : users who use a spaced en dash where we use an em dash. : : -- : Suzanne S. Barnhill : Microsoft MVP (Word) : Words into Type : Fairhope, Alabama USA : Word MVP FAQ site: [URL]http://www.mvps.org/word[/URL] : Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so : all may benefit. : : : > Word 2002 : > : > 1. In AutoCorrect/AutoFormat as you type. I have "Hyphens with a dash" : > clicked, but it doesn't work. I've gotten around this by adding it : manually : > into AutoCorrect/AutoCorrect, but is this normal behaviour for Word or an : > anomoly in mine? : > : > Also is there a shortcut key for a dash. In one or more earlier versions : it : > used to be Ctrl + Shift + - (hyphen). At least I think it was. The : other : > possibility is that I created the shortcut and have forgotten that I did. : > : > 2. I write in two languages. Is it possible to use the same autocorrect : > file with both? I've imported my old file from Word 2000 into 2002 and it : > works fine with my default language, but I get the one that comes with : Word : > 2002 when I change languages. : > : > e : > : > : [/QUOTE]

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