atw: Re: More on Word 2010
- From: "Geoffrey Marnell" <geoffrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:31:43 +1000
Neil, Rhonda . you've got it. They are non-breaking hyphens. They print as
ordinary hyphens but display as em dashes.
And here's me thinking that Word was WYSIWYG.
Thanks to all who have contributed to this thread.
Geoffrey Marnell
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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rhonda Bracey
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 11:26 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: More on Word 2010
It may not be an em dash -- it might be a non-breaking hyphen instead. From
memory, Word 2003 inserted a non-breaking hyphen with a symbol that looked
like a cross between an en and em dash, but it had a little hook on it so
you could see it wasn't really one of those at all. In Word 2007 (and thus
likely in Word 2010 -- I don't have that computer turned on to check), the
non-breaking hyphen looks more like an en dash and it's hard to tell that
it's a non-breaking hyphen.
Before you go crazy rechecking the entire document or doing a find/replace
that may not work, try inserting a non-breaking hyphen into a blank space in
the document to see if that's what you've really got. You insert it by
holding down Ctrl as you press the hyphen key.
For a word such as 'B-line', I'd want to insert a non-breaking hyphen as I
wouldn't want the 'B' and the 'line' parts separated at the end of a line.
Just a thought...
Rhonda
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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Marnell
Sent: Monday, 18 July 2011 8:51 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: More on Word 2010
I typed nothing in the document, so no auto-correction should have occurred.
This document came from a client. There are hundreds of instances of
"B-triple" in it. Now that I've moved the file to another PC and opened it
in Word 2007, every B-triple is B-triple. Did 2010 bugger something up when
I saved the file to a memory stick? Or is 2007 playing funny buggers?
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.
Bugger . the word of the day.
Geoffrey Marnell
Principal Consultant
Abelard Consulting Pty Ltd
T: +61 3 9596 3456
F: +61 3 9596 3625
M: 0419 574 668
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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Neil Maloney
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 10:36 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: More on Word 2010
Geoffrey,
Word 2010 has possibly automatically applied a default Autoformat As You
Type option, i.e. "Hyphens (--) with dash -" ??? If this Autoformat option
IS set up in your copy of Word 2010, what happens if you turn it off, then
re-open the 2007 document?
The above is sheer supposition ... I have no idea how Word 2010 works !!!
Neil.
On 18/07/2011 10:13 AM, Geoffrey Marnell wrote:
But just before we all start singing the praises of MS Word, tell me,
folks, why have all the hyphens in a Word document I opened with Word 2010
suddenly become em dashes when I opened the same document, unchanged, in
Word 2007?
Geoffrey Marnell
Principal Consultant
Abelard Consulting Pty Ltd
T: +61 3 9596 3456
F: +61 3 9596 3625
M: 0419 574 668
W: <http://www.abelard.com.au> www.abelard.com.au
Skype: geoffrey.marnell
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