Re: Inserting Em-dash in Word/97 Autonumber Captions

[Hilda Alvarez-Strang <halvarez -at- INTERVAL-INTL -dot- COM>]

Have you tried changing the style for Caption?  To do this:
Highlight the caption
Click on Format from the menu bar
Select Style
Click on the Modify button in the dialog box
Click on Format from the Modify Style dialog box
Select Numbering from the menu, then do whatever you want.

Good luck...

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Subject:    Inserting Em-dash in Word/97 Autonumber Captions
Author: David Warren <David -dot- Warren -at- NEXTEL -dot- COM>
Date:       6/15/1998 1:17 PM

     Howdy!

     I'm working a quickie project that must, for political reasons, be
     written in Word/97.  I *cannot* figure out how to automatically
     separate the autonumbered text in figure captions "Figure
     27--Satisfying Sheep" from the caption text.  I don't want to follow
     the old typewriting convention of using two hyphens "--" instead.

     I've tried the following tactics without success:

     1) Choosing "Insert Symbol" from the menu.  The Autonumber dialog box
     won't let me duck out to do it.

     2) Storing an em-dash on the clipboard/in the Paste buffer.  The
     Autonumber dialog box won't let me paste.

     3) Typing a double-hyphen and then pressing Enter (works in normal and
     table text; Word converts the hyphens to an em-dash, and then you
     backspace the cursor to eliminate the carriage return/line feed.)

     4) Typing the alt-key combination suggested in the online help.  The
     dialog box does not allow all-key character entry.

     Anyone got a suggestion that works in MS Word/97 + SR1.

     Thanks!

     David T. Warren
     Pubs. Mgr., Nextel Communications