double dashes in Outlook

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doppioM

Hi,

I can't have "--" in any of my email messages. For some reason, whenever I
have two dashes together, Outllook automatically removes one of them. I added
"--" to the Outlook dictionary but that doesn't help. Also, Outlook doesn't
underline the offending dashes in red -- it simply removes one of them. Any
idea how I can change whatever so it allows me to do this? I'm using Outlook
2003.

Thanks!

mm
 
M

Mary

You must be using Word as editor with autoformat enabled. Change to OL's
editor or disable autocorrect. Auto format will change a hyphen -- to a dash.
You can change that in Word, Auto format, options by unchecking it.
 
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doppioM

Hi Mary,

Thanks so much for the post. Not to display my ignorance, but how can I
change the editor in Word? Also, I found the AutoCorrect section in Outlook
-- I set a "replace text as you type" -- I added "--" to "Replace:" and "--"
to "With:" but that didn't work.

Thanks!

mm
 
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