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Subject:Re: non-breaking hyphens and auto correct From:Beth Friedman <bjf -at- WAVEFRONT -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 13 Mar 1998 19:25:58 -0600
In our previous episode, Bill Swallow said:
> We want to se up Word's Auto Correct to automatically remove manual
> hyphens and replace them with non-breaking hyphens. For some reason
> this won't work. We can find and replace for it by using the ^~, but
> Auto Correct takes this special character code too seriously (you
> should try it for kicks).
>
> Does anyone know how to do this?
You can't do it, I believe, because AutoCorrect only kicks in when you
type a space, and a hyphen is not likely to be followed by a space.
What you can do, though it's rather extreme, is to create a macro that
inserts a non-breaking hyphen, and assign that macro to the hyphen
key. This sort of thing should be done with caution, of course;
someone once (accidentally) assigned the spelling checker to the
letter "S" and had some difficulty undoing it. If you do this, I'd
also suggest you map some little-used key (like the ` key, say) to the
hyphen, for when you really need it.
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Beth Friedman bjf -at- wavefront -dot- com
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