Regina wrote: > They are usually written via AutoCorrect. The simple hyphen is replaced > with the en-dash or em-dash when the following word is finished . . .
That is _not_ a good idea. The hyphen, en rule and em rule (dash) are distinct characters with distinct uses in conventional typography and typesetting. Their correct use cannot be predicted by context, nor are they interchangeable. You need to find out where these characters are in the character set you are using. This depends on your operating system, your language, and your keyboard layout. As Johnny pointed out, they can be entered with the compose key. If you use them so often that even this is too cumbersome you can customise your keyboard layout, so that (for example) compose-hyphen gets you the en rule and shift-compose-hyphen gets you the dash (em rule). If you want to do this I will help you (but only if you use GNU/Linux!). You could, as Johnny suggests, create your own auto-correct sequences, but personally I would avoid all such contrivances. Auto-correct is _not_ your friend. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted