I Heart Tech Docs, Ivan Walsh, Technical Writer

Many tech writers have had to convert Word documents into FrameMaker. It is a very unpleasant and painful process!

This tutorial explains how to retrieve information from Microsoft Word documents that may have become corrupt. We have provided as many screenshots as possible to show you the steps you need to take. Let’s start.

When you type a space and one or two hyphens between text, Microsoft Word automatically inserts an en dash ( – ). This is fine for most situations. However, what if you want to go one better and create an em dash. This is the longer, double dash you see in many technical documents. It is usually used to emphasise text or insert a statement inside a sentence.