Word 2002 Em Dash

[Doreen]

I have a problem with Em Dashes and AutoCorrect in Word 2002.

In any document, I'll type blahblah blahblah blahblah -- blahblahblah
blahblah blah -- blah blah.

The first -- will get replaced with an Em Dash, but the second one won't.
Or just random ones will, and random ones won't.

Any ideas on why this is happening?

Doreen

 

[Doreen]

Figured it out.

What we were doing was inserting the second "--" and not typing after it.
If you don't type letters after the -- then the auto correct won't kick in.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you omit the spaces before and after the two hyphens, they will be
replaced reliably.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Dayo Mitchell]

You can, however, create an AutoCorrect entry to replace two hyphens with an
em dash, which will handle the case you cite.

DM