Inserting Em-dash in Word/97 Autonumber Captions -Reply

[David Spiteri <DSPITERI -at- TUC -dot- COM>]

David - If I am understanding you correctly you want to separate the figure number from the Figure caption with an Em-Dash. To do this click on the Numbering button in the Caption Dialogue Box and see the Use Separator drop down box...select the em-dash option.

>>> David Warren <David -dot- Warren -at- NEXTEL -dot- COM> 06/15/98 12:17pm >>>
     Howdy!

     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've tried the following tactics without success:

     1) Choosing "Insert Symbol" from the menu.  The Autonumber dialog box
     won't let me duck out to do it.

     2) Storing an em-dash on the clipboard/in the Paste buffer.  The
     Autonumber dialog box won't let me paste.

     3) Typing a double-hyphen and then pressing Enter (works in normal and
     table text; Word converts the hyphens to an em-dash, and then you
     backspace the cursor to eliminate the carriage return/line feed.)

     4) Typing the alt-key combination suggested in the online help.  The
     dialog box does not allow all-key character entry.

     Anyone got a suggestion that works in MS Word/97 + SR1.

     Thanks!

     David T. Warren
     Pubs. Mgr., Nextel Communications