Windows Live Mail: Stop replacing a hyphen/dash with an Em Dash

[mitchelt]

How can I stop Windows Live Mail from replacing a hyphen/dash with an Em Dash?

Type a word and a space...type a dash and a space...type a word and a space...hit return and whamo....I got an em dash.

If it helps I am running Window Live Mail 2011 and Word 2000.

Thanks!

 

[Slugbait]

I think that's actually an en dash that you're getting. But I digress...

Find the AutoFormat As I Type option in Word and turn it off. If WLMail doesn't integrate with Word2K, you'll need to turn it off there instead.

 

[mitchelt]

Find the AutoFormat As I Type option in Word and turn it off. If WLMail doesn't integrate with Word2K, you'll need to turn it off there instead.

It does not look like disabling it in Word2K helped and I do not see a AutoFormat option in WLMail?

 

[Slugbait]

You need to restart WLMail for cross-app features to enabled/disabled.

If it didn't work, go to Options->Mail->Spelling and uncheck "Auto correct common capitalization and spelling mistakes"...that might work.