I recently did exactly this in Writer but I had to try a couple of times. First go, I couldn't find the em dash when I right clicked in the 'With' box so I went back into normal writing mode and searched for the em dash in special characters and inserted it into a document.
Next I went back to Tools > AutoCorrect > AutoCorrect Options, typed --- into the 'Replace' box, right clicked in the 'With' box and selected Special Character. This opened the special character dialogue and I could see my recently used em dash in the recent characters and the favourites listing in the lower left. I selected the em dash and then clicked on OK. That closed the special char dialogue. Back in the autocorrect options box, I clicked the 'New' button and then the OK button. Then I went back to test it in a Writer document and it worked fine. Philip On 03/03/2024 00:53, Karen Webb wrote:
I recently ran into an issue with a new computer running under Windows 11 didn't recognize my valid Microsoft Office license from my previous computer so am trying to use your product. I'm running into trouble with getting Autocorrect to replace "---" with an em-dash and straight quotes with curly quotes. I've checked forums and done things as directed everyplace I found solutions including removing and re-installing (today, now have 7.5.4 rather than 7.5.4.1) and it's just not working. Is it an issue with Windows 11? Please don't make me go back to Microsoft and subscribe to their stupid online Office app! Thank you Karen Webb UT/USA
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