Double-Hyphen Merged/How to Break this Setting

[reconfigure]

Hi...my employer is writing a book and he needs to change all double-
hyphens that have merged due to some setting in MS Word.

How do I change this setting so it doesn't merge hyphens?

Jason

 

[Terry Farrell]

Word Options, Proofing tab, AutoCorrect Options, under both AutoFormat and
AutoFormat as you Type, clear the option for Hyphens (--) with Dash (-).

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Can't think why anyone would want two hyphens instead of an em dash, though.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Terry Farrell]

An employer?!

Terry

Can't think why anyone would want two hyphens instead of an em dash,
though.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[reconfigure]

Thanks.
I was told that his publisher will not allow a double-hyphen that is
merged for some odd print-related reason.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

But it isn't "a double hyphen that is merged." It is an em dash, which is a
typographical character found in all fonts. The only reason two hyphens were
ever used in the first place (to represent dashes in typed material) is that
typewriters don't have an em dash key.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[spdrcr5]

An em dash isn't recognized by WinXP as a character for a file name or as a
name if used to zip files. A double dash can be used instead or a single
dash as well.

Larry

 

[Terry Farrell]

That is true. But where does anyone mention using either double-dash or
m-dash as a filename?

Terry