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Re: Inserting Em-dash in Word/97 Autonumber Captions
Subject:Re: Inserting Em-dash in Word/97 Autonumber Captions From:"Marie C. Paretti" <mparetti -at- RRINC -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 15 Jun 1998 15:35:18 -0400
At 01:00 PM 6/15/98 -0500, you wrote:
> 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 have a shortcut key defined for the em-dash (<Ctrl> + <->, if it
matters), and the Numbering box allowed me to type that shortcut. I.e.
1. Define a shortcut key for the symbol you want.
2. From the Format menu, select Styles
3. Select the style you want, then select Modify.
4. Under the Format button, select Numbering.
5. Select a numbered option and then select Customize.
6. In the Number Format box, type "Figure" before the number and use the
shortcut key to enter your preferred dash after the number.
It works in my version of Word 97-SR1.
Marie
Marie C. Paretti, PhD
Recognition Research, Inc. (RRI)
1750 Kraft Drive, Suite 2000
Blacksburg, VA 24060
mparetti -at- rrinc -dot- com http://www.rrinc.com
