It's an "optional hyphen". If a word is close to the end of a line, that
hyphenation point will be used. Otherwise, optional hyphens are hidden and
don't show up when the document is printed.

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"Alan Smithee Jr." wrote in message
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**there is a hidden special charater the look somewhat like a hyphen but
perhaps more like the litter "L' rotated to the left and then flip upside
down. A straight line with another short vertical line going down from the
right end. What is this character? What does it do?