Why does the hyphen symbol change size - width?
 

When you use the hyphen symbol, why do you get a short hyphen sometimes and
other times, it is wider?

Why does the hyphen symbol change size - width?
 

one is a hyphen and one is a dash and one is a minus sign:

http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/dashes.html#en

"TN Accountant" wrote:

When you use the hyphen symbol, why do you get a short hyphen sometimes and
other times, it is wider?

Why does the hyphen symbol change size - width?
 

From InsertSymbol?

One is Char code 150(short) and other is Char code 151

Maybe you picking the wrong one?


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Thu, 24 May 2007 07:39:01 -0700, TN Accountant <TN
wrote:

When you use the hyphen symbol, why do you get a short hyphen sometimes and
other times, it is wider?

Why does the hyphen symbol change size - width?
 

Maybe you have an autocorrect entry set?

Tools|Autocorrect Options|Autocorrect tab.

And you're sure you're not thinking of MSWord?
Inside MSWord
Tools|Autocorrect Options|"Autoformat as you type" tab



TN Accountant wrote:

When you use the hyphen symbol, why do you get a short hyphen sometimes and
other times, it is wider?

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Dave Peterson