AutoFormatReplaceSymbols Property

Microsoft Word Visual Basic

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.

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).

Dim blnAutoFormat as Boolean

blnAutoFormat = Options.AutoFormatReplaceSymbols