office word 2003 question

[kalos]

hello

in office word 2003, when I type " - ", it corrects it with " – "

how do I disable this?
also, how do I type the second dash?

thanks

[cranioscopical]

Tools Menu
AutoCorrect Options sub-menu
AutoFormat As You Type tab
Uncheck what you don't want

[kalos]

thanks

how can I type each of the above dashes? what keys do I click? I mean, ok, for the " - " I just need to click the key at right of the 0 key, but how do I type the long dash?

thanks

[cranioscopical]

how do I type the long dash?

for '–' hold down the alt key and, with that down, type 0150 on your numeric keypad

[kalos]

mm if I have not numeric keypad (laptop keyboard) it won't work by typing it in the number keys in row above the letters?

doesn't seem to work..

[cranioscopical]

mm if I have not numeric keypad (laptop keyboard) it won't work by typing it in the number keys in row above the letters?

-kalos (May 30, 2009, 10:04 PM)

No, it won't work that way.

You could use Insert menu/Symbol
The symbol palette that appears has a button that will let you assign a shortcut key to 'type' whatever symbol is selected in the palette.

You could use that until someone more proficient that I gives you a better answer (I don't use Word if I can help it).

[AndyM]

You could use Insert menu/Symbol
The symbol palette that appears has a button that will let you assign a shortcut key to 'type' whatever symbol is selected in the palette.

You could use that until someone more proficient that I gives you a better answer (I don't use Word if I can help it).

-cranioscopical (May 30, 2009, 10:16 PM)

No better way.  Either use the Insert Symbol dialog or assign a hotkey.

Kalos - if you don't like an autocorrection when it happens, a Ctrl-z will undo only the autocorrection.  It takes 2 Ctrl-z's to completely undo a corrected entry - one for the autocorrection, the second to undo the original entry. 

[nudone]

[edit: sorry just read that AndyM mentioned the undo trick in the above post. try the double -- to creat an m-dash though.]

here's a trick:

don't disable the autocorrect feature to change - to – (n-dash to m-dash).

now if you type - (an n-dash) and word autocorrects it to – (an m-dash) then just hit CTRL + Z to undo the autocorrect action, you'll get your original - (n-dash) back.

if you want an – (an m-dash), you can can type two -- (n-dashes) next to each other and word should autocorrect it to – (an m-dash) for you.