two dashes -- won't be replaced in some cases .. #1 you type: yes said she into which you insert 2 dashes: yes -- said she now this one to get replaced to em dash you need to add a letter after the dashes to activate autocorrect yes -- aa said she plus: you'll need to add a space after them .. yes -- aa said she ................................................... #2 you type: "yes" said she everything is the same, except it will only work if you add some word after the quotation mark too .. "yes" aa -- aa said she and now it'll work the same for question mark too .. yes? said she and periods like: yes... said she it'd take to type: yes... aa -- aa said she .................................................. the way it should work is (in my pov) is typing "--" plus a space and it'd get replaced ... or without spaces.. (this already works fine !!) typing a word plus 2 dashes without space .. and add a space after the second word .. (this already works fine) I hope i didn't write anything stupid ... i'm aware of bug 55292 (for a libreoffice version 3.6.0.2 rc but i was totally satisfied with my last version: libreoffice 4.0.2.2 this problem came in 4.0.3.3 and i'll check if it's present in 4.0.4.1 rc or not thank you for your work: Peter Josvai
i didn't check one thing: i assumed that on my "win 7 32 bit starter" the build 4.0.2.2. will be the same as on my "win 7 64 bit home premium" not, it's not ... this means that i reinstalled the 4.0.2.2. on my win 7 64bit home premium (English) and it does the same as the build 4.0.3.3. did ...
(In reply to comment #0) > the way it should work is (in my pov) is > typing "--" plus a space and it'd get replaced ... Do this: Tools > AutoCorrect Options... In the Replace box, enter: -- In the With box, enter: – (This is an n-dash. You can copy from here and paste there. If you prefer to use m-dash, here it is: — )
@Peter Josvai sorry but it's not clear to me which cases the autocorrect doesn't work. does Kumāra suggestion fix things for you?
the whole en-dash/em-dash autocorrection thing is going to be fixed by the use of wildcard autocorrect patterns like explained in Bug 55292, in detail in this comment: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55292#c19 new feature is available in 4.4.x current daily build. if tests will show the fix is stable it will probably be backported to 4.2.x and 4.3.x so I'm closing this one and marking as a duplicate of that bug. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 55292 ***