Geoffrey,
I think I have it, but please check, I don't have a copy of Word
2010 to verify ... they are not 'normal' hyphens, they are
non-breaking hyphens (inserted using Control + Dash, or Alt 0173).
To confirm if this is what is happening, insert a normal hyphen in
Word 2010 (it should look normal) then insert a non-breaking hypen
(it should look like an em dash).
Don't ask me why Word 2010 shows them like that. However,
LibreOffice also shows them differently (with a grey background as
though they were fields, but not as em-dashes).
If this is what is happening, it means that (a) the formatting is
not corrupted and (b) most likely there is no need for you to read
through the document, but I understand you may want to in any
case.
If it isn't what is happening, I'll leave it to the people who
actually have Word 2010 to do some exploring on the issue ...
Neil.
On 18/07/2011 11:00 AM, Geoffrey Marnell wrote:
Search-and-replace, says Christine. No way! If
hyphens corrupted into em dashes, what else might have gone
wrong? That’s why I need to reread the whole damn thing to
see if anything else has gone haywire even though my brief
was to read and comment on just part of the document.
Geoffrey Marnell
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Methinks I’ll have to devote a few more hours of
unpaid time reading the entire document before it goes back
to the client with what should have only been a handful of
quick edits.
Search and replace…
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