Hi, recently in Writer, it has lost the capability to automatically convert two consecutive hyphens to “–” (a long dash), possibly after I changed some option settings but I can’t find which one to restore this functionality. Any idea what controls this?
Version: 7.6.5.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Thanks for all you do.
Check…
https://help.libreoffice.org/24.2/en-US/text/shared/01/06040100.html
menu Tools > AutoCorrect > AutoCorrect Options > Options > 
Replace dashes
| Text that you type: | Result that you get: |
|---|---|
| A - B (A, space, minus, space, B) | A – B (A, space, en-dash, space, B) |
| A – B (A, space, minus, minus, space, B) | A – B (A, space, en-dash, space, B) |
| A–B (A, minus, minus, B) | A—B (A, em-dash, B) (see note below the table) |
| N–N (N, minus, minus, N) | N–N (N, en-dash, N) |
| A-B (A, minus, B) | A-B (unchanged) |
| A -B (A, space, minus, B) | A -B (unchanged) |
| A --B (A, space, minus, minus, B) | A –B (A, space, en-dash, B) |