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Obviously you would not want A- to appear at the end of a line and Z at the beginning of the next line. To solve this problem, press Shift+Ctrl+ minus sign. In other words, hold down the Shift and Ctrl keys and press the minus key.</paragraph> 52<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3163802" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="65">Hyphen, dash</paragraph> 53<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154749" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="66">In order to enter longer dashes, you can find under <emph>Tools - AutoCorrect Options</emph> 54<emph>- Options</emph> the <emph>Replace dashes</emph> option. This option replaces one or two minus signs under certain conditions with an en-dash or an em-dash (see <link href="text/shared/01/06040100.xhp" name="$[officename] Help">$[officename] Help</link>).</paragraph> 55<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153561" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="67">For additional replacements see the replacements table under <emph>Tools - AutoCorrect Options</emph> 56<emph>-</emph> <link href="text/shared/01/06040200.xhp" name="Replace"><emph>Replace</emph></link>. Here you can, among other things, replace a shortcut automatically by a dash, even in another font.</paragraph> 57<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153825" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="63">Definite separator</paragraph> 58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154306" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="60">To support automatic hyphenation by entering a separator inside a word yourself, use the keys <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command 59</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+minus sign. The word is separated at this position when it is at the end of the line, even if automatic hyphenation for this paragraph is switched off.</paragraph> 60<embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 61<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151245" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="64"><link href="text/shared/01/04100000.xhp" name="Special characters">Special characters</link></paragraph> 62<embed href="text/shared/01/formatting_mark.xhp#formattingmark"/> 63</body> 64</helpdocument> 65