Re: hyphens & apostrophes

Anthony Chilco <[email protected]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:04:22 -0800 (PST)
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Hi Thomas,
I have OOo 3.0 (build 9358) at home and 3.3 (build 9567) at work. In both, =
the first auto-correct item is em-dash for two hyphens. In order to have th=
e substitution made as you type check Format
- AutoFormat - While Typing.

tc




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> From: thomas steel <[email protected]>
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>Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 5:34:16 PM
>Subject: [users] hyphens & apostrophes
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>From: THOMAS STEEL=20
>Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 9:44 AM
>To: [email protected]=20
>Subject: hyphens & apostrophes
>=A0 I am struggling to recustomise OOWriter for a new computer after burgl=
ary.=20
>Am trying (1) to enable replacement of some hyphens by em & en dashes=20
(used to work by hitting hyphen twice).
>Trying (2) to replace apostrophe mark (small vertical mark) with an=20
apostrophe comma---permanently.
>Have spent hours using Help to no effect. Please can someone help me? TM=20
Steel
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<html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti=
mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi Thomas,=
</span></div><div style=3D"margin-bottom: 0in;"><span>I have OOo 3.0 (build=
 9358) at home and 3.3 (build 9567) at work. In both, the first auto-correc=
t item is em-dash for two hyphens. In order to have the substitution made a=
s you type check</span> <font face=3D"Times New Roman, serif">Format
- AutoFormat - While Typing.<br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-bottom: 0=
in"><font face=3D"Times New Roman, serif">tc<br></font></div><div><br><bloc=
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<div><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 27, 2012 9:44 AM</div>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> hyphens &amp; apostrophes</div></div></div>
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<div style=3D"FONT-STYLE:normal;DISPLAY:inline;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri';COLOR:=
#000000;FONT-SIZE:small;FONT-WEIGHT:normal;TEXT-DECORATION:none;">
<div>I am struggling to recustomise OOWriter for a new computer after burgl=
ary.=20
</div>
<div>Am trying (1) to enable replacement of some hyphens by em &amp; en das=
hes=20
(used to work by hitting hyphen twice).</div>
<div>Trying (2) to replace apostrophe mark (small vertical mark) with an=20
apostrophe comma---permanently.</div>
<div>Have spent hours using Help to no effect. Please can someone help me? =
TM=20
Steel</div></div></div></div></div>
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