Lines in Word 97

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Hi this is probably really simple but has me stumped.
I need to enter —– in a word97 document but in its wisdom Word is changing it to a continuous line.

How do i get it to display/print what I want.

Thanks for your help
Mich

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Hi everyone, solved the problem by using the insert symbol option.

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If you catch it in time, there’s an easy way to reverse ANY automatic formatting which Word inserts for you. Not just “—“, but things like “a@b.c”, “www .b.c”, “1/2”, “teh”, or any of the autocorrect things which Word so helpfully does for you.

As soon as the reformat occurs, press “Ctrl+Z” (or click on the “Undo” button). That will give you the text before Word applied the reformatting.

If you’ve pressed a few keys since you noticed the changed, “Undo” the changes until you get the unchanged text. Then start typing again normally.

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I trust this is the right answer.
Go into Tools | Autocorrect, then select the Autoformat as you Type tab.
Clear the tick box for Borders in the Apply as you Type section
Hope this does it.

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