XP Word 2002

[Guest]

When I type several hyphens, or equal signs or astericks, and then press enter to move to the next line, the hyphen (or = sign or asterick) will fill in with hyphens to create a full line to the end - which is not what I wanted. I simply wanted a few hyphens to separate lines of type. This has suddenly developed - previously it functioned correctly. I presume I must have hit something to create a macro of some kind. Hiow to I get back to having only the number of hyphens I type? Thanks for any help.

 

[Jim Macklin]

Press the spacebar before enter.


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| When I type several hyphens, or equal signs or astericks,
and then press enter to move to the next line, the hyphen
(or = sign or asterick) will fill in with hyphens to create
a full line to the end - which is not what I wanted. I
simply wanted a few hyphens to separate lines of type. This
has suddenly developed - previously it functioned correctly.
I presume I must have hit something to create a macro of
some kind. Hiow to I get back to having only the number of
hyphens I type? Thanks for any help.

 

[Steve Nielsen]

That is the default behaviour of Word, turn off some Autocorrect settings.

Tools, Autocorrect Options, "Autoformat as you type" tab. Uncheck under
Replace as you type: Hyphens with dash.

Steve