> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Allan" <snip> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 8:18 PM > Subject: [users] Re: N-dashes > > >> thomas steel wrote: >>> I use N-dashes very frequently in my work. Can anyone tell me a simple >>> way in OOWriter to make one insertable with one press of a key? T. Steel >> >> This is built into the autocorrection section of OpenOffice.org writer. If >> under Tools -> Autocorrect -> Options you have “Replace dashes” ticked, >> then entering two adjoining hyphens like this “--” will produce an >> en-dash. To be sure, it is not just one press of a key, but is reasonably >> simply. >> >> There are actually more things you can do to force en-dashes and >> em-dashes. See dashes under Help for more details. >> >> Jim Allan >>
On 04/29/2008 01:38 PM, thomas steel wrote: > Dear Jim: Thanks, but I've done exectly what you said & got nowhere. I have > 'Replace dashes' ticked & I have duly entered the "-" and "--", but I still > just get a hyphen. Any idea why? TS When turned on, the feature rule apears to be: tommy- tommy-- tommy-bill tommy—bill tommy – bill tommy(dash) tommy(dash dash) tommy(dash)bill tommy(dash dash)bill tommy(space dash space)bill Give that a try to see for yourself. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
