How do I get hyphen to expand in text IE -- to a single line

[David]

This is what I get when I type in a hyphen in text: -- It doesn't expand to
a single dash like my old Office XP. Is there a setting for this? It doesn't
work automatically by hitting space bar, double hyphen, then space bar again
as it did in XP. This may seem very fundamental, but I am driven to
distraction trying to fathom it out. Please help!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The setting for this is "Hyphens (--) with dash (-)" on the AutoFormat As
You Type tab of Tools | AutoCorrect Options. The combinations are as
follows:

<space><hyphen><space> = <space><en dash><space>

<space><hyphen><hyphen><space> = <space><en dash><space>

<character><hyphen><hyphen><character> = <character><em dash><character>

None of these fire until you have completed typing the word following the
hyphen(s).