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LurfysMa - 29 Oct 2006 17:12 GMT

Some time ago I discovered that typing "-->" will generate a light
right-arrow character and "==>" wihh generate a bold right-arrow key.
There are similar combinations for left arrow.

There are no combinations for the up or down arrows. I see in the
Autocorrect tab that there is a table containing these replacement
combinations.

I would like to to add "--v" and "--^" (or something) for down and up
arrows. I encounterred two problems:

1. How to get the special character into the right column of the
table. I was able to paste a character by closing the Autocorrect
panel, inserting a character using Insert Symbol, then grab that
character using Ctrl-C, then reopening the Autocorrect panel and
pasting it (Ctrl-V) into the table. Whew. Is there an easier way?

2. I was not able to find the exact left adn right arrow symbols that
are already in the autocorrect table for "-->" and "<--". The closest
ones I could find were in the Wingdings font, but they are slightly
different. Where are the arrow symbols that are in the built-in
autocorrect settings?

3. How come "-->" gets replaced as soon as I type the ">", but my new
combination ("--v") doesn't get replaced until I hit the space bar?
This is only a minor problem. If I want the down arrow immediately
followed by a non-space I have to hit the space and then backspace.

4. How come my "--v" string is put down with the V's in the table
rather than up with the special characters?

5. How come my dpwn arrow character is shown in a much larger windon=w
in the table (2 lines tall)?

Thanks.

Using Windows/Word/Office 2000

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Running Word 2000 SP-3 on Windows 2000

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 29 Oct 2006 17:58 GMT

1. Insert the arrow in your document. Select it and open Tools | AutoCorrect
Options. It will already be inserted in the "With" box. Be sure to check the
"Formatted text" radio button.

2. Insert any of these built-in AutoCorrect arrows, select it, and open the
Insert Symbol dialog. The corresponding Wingdings character will be
selected.

3. Any AutoCorrect entry is inserted when you press the spacebar or type a
"punctuation" character. The built-in arrows are made up of "punctuation,"
so they are inserted immediately; your "Replace" text ends with an
alphabetic character, so you don't get the same effect. What happens if you
use v-- instead? (Possibly not a good idea if you ever want an em dash
following a v.)

4. Good question.

5. Because it's "formatted." The same is true of the built-in AutoCorrect
entries for Wingdings arrows.

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> Some time ago I discovered that typing "-->" will generate a light
> right-arrow character and "==>" wihh generate a bold right-arrow key.
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> Running Word 2000 SP-3 on Windows 2000

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LurfysMa - 30 Oct 2006 21:00 GMT

>1. Insert the arrow in your document. Select it and open Tools | AutoCorrect
>Options. It will already be inserted in the "With" box. Be sure to check the
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>Insert Symbol dialog. The corresponding Wingdings character will be
>selected.

Thank you. That's a great tip.

>3. Any AutoCorrect entry is inserted when you press the spacebar or type a
>"punctuation" character. The built-in arrows are made up of "punctuation,"
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>4. Good question.

It would also be very handy if typing a few characters of the string
would position the left column in that part of the list.

>5. Because it's "formatted." The same is true of the built-in AutoCorrect
>entries for Wingdings arrows.

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Running Word 2000 SP-3 on Windows 2000

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