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AutoCorrect Hyphen - MTDesert
Posted: Mar 24, 2011
How do I create a hyphen for my age macro in AutoCorrect. I need to have a macro formatted as -year-old. I have Word 2007. Thank you so much!
AutoCorrect Hyphen - Wolfee
[ In Reply To ..]After many unsuccessful tries over the years, the easiest way to do this is to type the age followed by a hypen and then whatever you named your "year-old" autocorrect. Mine is named "yo" for instance, so I will type 50-yo to expand it to 50-year-old. Hope this helps!
Autocorrect - Medtyper
[ In Reply To ..]I have mine as -y and it works fine. I have word 2007 but type in compatiblity mode.
AutoCorrect - Wolfee
[ In Reply To ..]Wow - that's one less keystroke the way you do it! You still have to program the AutoCorrect to expand as "-year-old" with a hyphen in front, even though you've already typed a hyphen, but typing 58-y instead of 58-yo is even better. Thanks for the info!
I also liked Helpful Hannah's suggestion of using a period or commas, etc., in lieu of the hyphen because I too always miss and hit the equal sign (=), lol. Very good information shared here. :)
If you hate reaching for the hyphen, there is another way to put that shortcut in AutoCorrect - Helpful Hannah
[ In Reply To ..]If you hate reaching for the hyphen as much as I do (I use a laptop and always end up hitting the = sign instead), there is another way to do it.
Use a period instead of the hyphen.
For example:
34-year-old
AutoCorrect: .yo = -year-old
You type: 34.yo
Yea, I’m getting lazy. One other thing I hate to do is shift+3 for the number sign, as in medication dosages (50 mg #50).
I tried every combination I could think of, but every time, after I typed my shortcut, it would leave a blank space between the # and what I typed next, UNTIL I figured out that periods, commas, and slashes do not do that.
So, my AutoCorrect for # is two slashes
// = #
By the way, you can also use a period, comma, or slash for the -year-old AutoCorrect. I think anything that is not a letter can be used to keep from having a blank space between words.
So, there are really quite a few options – whatever feels most comfortable for your fingers to reach.
Hope this helps.
Wow! - Freebie
[ In Reply To ..]Oh, this is so wonderful!!! Thank you thank you thank you!
This one is a little more work to enter, but it saves... - ndmt
[ In Reply To ..]keystrokes in the long run. Add all ages 1 through 100 and use:
y1 = 1-year-old, y2 = 2-year-old, y3 = 3-year-old
You can also use m1 = 1-month-old
And d1 = 1-day-old
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