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Graham Shipley
As an experienced copy-editor working in the UK, I am frustrated by the
default Autotexts for en rules in Word, and the lack of one for an em rule.
It is usual in published work to put an en rule in a numeral extent (such
as 2004--5, where I've typed two hyphens in place of the en rule which stands
for 'to'). Why not make it a default in Word that where two numbers are typed
with a hyphen in between, Word replaces the hyphen with an en rule?
Also, at present the default for a dash seems to be to type word, space,
hyphen, space, word and then (when you next hit space) the hyphen changes to
an en rule. Fine if 'spaced en rule' is the dash format you want, as many
publishers use it. But in some UK and many US publishing houses, an unspaced
em rule is used.
I've set up Autotexts in my own versions of Word to acheive these things:
so -- becomes en rule and --- becomes em rule. (You can type an en rule with
CTRL-KEYPAD-HYPHEN, too.) Could something like these be built into Word,
maybe as options?
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default Autotexts for en rules in Word, and the lack of one for an em rule.
It is usual in published work to put an en rule in a numeral extent (such
as 2004--5, where I've typed two hyphens in place of the en rule which stands
for 'to'). Why not make it a default in Word that where two numbers are typed
with a hyphen in between, Word replaces the hyphen with an en rule?
Also, at present the default for a dash seems to be to type word, space,
hyphen, space, word and then (when you next hit space) the hyphen changes to
an en rule. Fine if 'spaced en rule' is the dash format you want, as many
publishers use it. But in some UK and many US publishing houses, an unspaced
em rule is used.
I've set up Autotexts in my own versions of Word to acheive these things:
so -- becomes en rule and --- becomes em rule. (You can type an en rule with
CTRL-KEYPAD-HYPHEN, too.) Could something like these be built into Word,
maybe as options?
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This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...25c36ec1&dg=microsoft.public.word.vba.general