> En- dash/em-dash
>
> All I need to do is type either double hyphen or triple hyphen to get the 
> appropriate dash. No need for colons etc. I have never changed any 
> autocorrect settings to achieve this. It is triggered by the second space, 
> whether immediately after the hyphen or after the next word.


The detail is important:
word1[space][one (or two) hyphen (minus)][space]word2[space]

...the (double) hyphen (minus) is converted into en-dash, whereas:

word1[double hyphen (minus)]word2[space]

...the double hyphen (minus) is converted into em-dash.

Note the difference of space characters.

Using the colon characters, the replacement is performed precisely as
desired, whether there are space characters adjacent to the words or
not.

HTH,
Ady.

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