AutoFormatReplaceSymbols Property

Applies To

Options object.

Description

True if two consecutive hyphens (--) are replaced by an en dash (–) or an em dash
( — ) when Word formats a document or range automatically. Read/write Boolean.

See Also

AutoCorrect property, AutoFormat method, AutoFormatAsYouTypeReplaceFractions property, AutoFormatAsYouTypeReplaceSymbols property, AutoFormatReplaceFractions property, InsertSymbol method.

Example

This example turns on the replacement of hyphens with symbols, and then it formats the current selection automatically.

Options.AutoFormatReplaceSymbols = True
Selection.Range.AutoFormat

This example returns the status of the Symbol characters (--) with symbols ( — ) option on the AutoFormat tab in the AutoCorrect dialog box (Tools menu).

temp = Options.AutoFormatReplaceFractions