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 the 
substitution made as you type check Format
- AutoFormat - While Typing.

tc




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> From: thomas steel <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected] 
>Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 5:34:16 PM
>Subject: [users] hyphens & apostrophes
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>From: THOMAS STEEL 
>Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 9:44 AM
>To: [email protected] 
>Subject: hyphens & apostrophes
>  I am struggling to recustomise OOWriter for a new computer after burglary. 
>Am trying (1) to enable replacement of some hyphens by em & en dashes 
(used to work by hitting hyphen twice).
>Trying (2) to replace apostrophe mark (small vertical mark) with an 
apostrophe comma---permanently.
>Have spent hours using Help to no effect. Please can someone help me? TM 
Steel
>
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