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En- dash/em-dash

All I need to do is type either double hyphen or triple hyphen to get the appropriate dash. No need 
for colons etc. I have never changed any autocorrect settings to achieve this. It is triggered by 
the second space, whether immediately after the hyphen or after the next word.

Windows 11/LO 24.2.5.2


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From: ady <adylo811517@gmail.com>
Sent: 30 July 2024 4:41 AM
To: Users <users@global.libreoffice.org>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Em-dash

Enter Autocorrect. This is supposed to swap out dash-dash for em-dash.
It did but only if I applied it manually. Maybe I missed something about
autocorrect.

Here is how it works for me.

Alternative A:

1. word1
2. [space]
3. double hyphen (minus)
4. word2
5. [space]

Until step 4 included, there is no auto-correction seen. Once I press
the space bar (i.e. step 5), only then I see the double hyphen (minus)
characters converted into the "en dash" character. Note that this
alternative does not work (for me) if I want "em dash" instead.


Alternative B:

1. word1
2. [space]
3. [colon character]
4. triple hyphen (minus)
5. [colon character]

Immediately after step 5, I see the characters from steps 3 to 5
converted into an "em dash". In step 4, if instead of three hyphen
(minus) characters I only type-in two of them, the resulting character
after step 5 is an "en dash" instead of "em dash".


This is all with the "AutoCorrect > While typing" option enabled, and
without having changed any of the default "Replace" related options.

HTH,
Ady.

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