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New user to Microsoft Word, and to this group. A friend directed me here.
How do I type elongated dashes, longer than the hypen produced by the hypen key on the keyboard. Thanks Liz |
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On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 17:29:02 -0800, Liz
wrote: New user to Microsoft Word, and to this group. A friend directed me here. How do I type elongated dashes, longer than the hypen produced by the hypen key on the keyboard. Thanks Liz There are two longer dashes, an "en dash" and an "em dash", originally roughly the widths of the letters n and m. In Word, the built-in keyboard shortcuts for them are Ctrl+num- for the en dash and Ctrl+Alt+num- for the em dash (that is, hold down the Ctrl key or the Ctrl and Alt keys, and then press the minus key on the number pad, assuming the NumLock is turned on). The AutoFormat function (Tools AutoCorrect Options AutoFormat As You Type Hyphens with dashes) will convert spaces and dashes automatically, but the rules are confusing. According to the Help topic "Automatically format hyphens as en dashes and em dashes": "When you type a space and one or two hyphens between text, Microsoft Word automatically inserts an en dash ( – ). If you type two hyphens and do not include a space before the hyphens, then an em dash (— ) is created." For more info, see http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...tSpecChars.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Thank you so much. That is what I required.
It seems my friend sent me to the correct place. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 17:29:02 -0800, Liz wrote: New user to Microsoft Word, and to this group. A friend directed me here. How do I type elongated dashes, longer than the hypen produced by the hypen key on the keyboard. Thanks Liz There are two longer dashes, an "en dash" and an "em dash", originally roughly the widths of the letters n and m. In Word, the built-in keyboard shortcuts for them are Ctrl+num- for the en dash and Ctrl+Alt+num- for the em dash (that is, hold down the Ctrl key or the Ctrl and Alt keys, and then press the minus key on the number pad, assuming the NumLock is turned on). The AutoFormat function (Tools AutoCorrect Options AutoFormat As You Type Hyphens with dashes) will convert spaces and dashes automatically, but the rules are confusing. According to the Help topic "Automatically format hyphens as en dashes and em dashes": "When you type a space and one or two hyphens between text, Microsoft Word automatically inserts an en dash ( €“ ). If you type two hyphens and do not include a space before the hyphens, then an em dash (€” ) is created." For more info, see http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...tSpecChars.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Also, ctrl+m for an em dash and ctrl+n for an en dash.
Wally S "Liz" wrote in message ... New user to Microsoft Word, and to this group. A friend directed me here. How do I type elongated dashes, longer than the hypen produced by the hypen key on the keyboard. Thanks Liz |
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If you produce dashes this way, it's because you have defined those keyboard
shortcuts. By default, Ctrl+N opens a new blank document and Ctrl+M indents the paragraph. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Wally S" wrote in message ... Also, ctrl+m for an em dash and ctrl+n for an en dash. Wally S "Liz" wrote in message ... New user to Microsoft Word, and to this group. A friend directed me here. How do I type elongated dashes, longer than the hypen produced by the hypen key on the keyboard. Thanks Liz |
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Thank you all for the help.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you produce dashes this way, it's because you have defined those keyboard shortcuts. By default, Ctrl+N opens a new blank document and Ctrl+M indents the paragraph. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Wally S" wrote in message ... Also, ctrl+m for an em dash and ctrl+n for an en dash. Wally S "Liz" wrote in message ... New user to Microsoft Word, and to this group. A friend directed me here. How do I type elongated dashes, longer than the hypen produced by the hypen key on the keyboard. Thanks Liz |
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Hello, A publication I am preparing a document for is calling for a 3-em dash, which I cannot seem to make happen. I set the autoformat as you type to the appropriate "replace hyphen with dash", but what I'm looking for is a LONGER dash, like the equivalent of 3 hyphens, which I cannot make work, for some reason. The publication wants me to use it in a bibliography, for the 2nd and subsequent appearance of a particular author;s name. Can you help? It should be about the same length as an underline of 5 spaces, but they specify NOT to use underlines. Thanks, Ellen "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 17:29:02 -0800, Liz wrote: New user to Microsoft Word, and to this group. A friend directed me here. How do I type elongated dashes, longer than the hypen produced by the hypen key on the keyboard. Thanks Liz There are two longer dashes, an "en dash" and an "em dash", originally roughly the widths of the letters n and m. In Word, the built-in keyboard shortcuts for them are Ctrl+num- for the en dash and Ctrl+Alt+num- for the em dash (that is, hold down the Ctrl key or the Ctrl and Alt keys, and then press the minus key on the number pad, assuming the NumLock is turned on). The AutoFormat function (Tools AutoCorrect Options AutoFormat As You Type Hyphens with dashes) will convert spaces and dashes automatically, but the rules are confusing. According to the Help topic "Automatically format hyphens as en dashes and em dashes": "When you type a space and one or two hyphens between text, Microsoft Word automatically inserts an en dash ( €“ ). If you type two hyphens and do not include a space before the hyphens, then an em dash (€” ) is created." For more info, see http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...tSpecChars.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Enter three em dashes in succession. You can't use AutoFormat to do this;
you'll have to actually insert them using Insert | Symbol unless you have assigned a shortcut key (or use the built-in one). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "egrolman" wrote in message news  Hello, A publication I am preparing a document for is calling for a 3-em dash, which I cannot seem to make happen. I set the autoformat as you type to the appropriate "replace hyphen with dash", but what I'm looking for is a LONGER dash, like the equivalent of 3 hyphens, which I cannot make work, for some reason. The publication wants me to use it in a bibliography, for the 2nd and subsequent appearance of a particular author;s name. Can you help? It should be about the same length as an underline of 5 spaces, but they specify NOT to use underlines. Thanks, Ellen "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 17:29:02 -0800, Liz wrote: New user to Microsoft Word, and to this group. A friend directed me here. How do I type elongated dashes, longer than the hypen produced by the hypen key on the keyboard. Thanks Liz There are two longer dashes, an "en dash" and an "em dash", originally roughly the widths of the letters n and m. In Word, the built-in keyboard shortcuts for them are Ctrl+num- for the en dash and Ctrl+Alt+num- for the em dash (that is, hold down the Ctrl key or the Ctrl and Alt keys, and then press the minus key on the number pad, assuming the NumLock is turned on). The AutoFormat function (Tools AutoCorrect Options AutoFormat As You Type Hyphens with dashes) will convert spaces and dashes automatically, but the rules are confusing. According to the Help topic "Automatically format hyphens as en dashes and em dashes": "When you type a space and one or two hyphens between text, Microsoft Word automatically inserts an en dash ( €“ ). If you type two hyphens and do not include a space before the hyphens, then an em dash (€” ) is created." For more info, see http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...tSpecChars.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Thanks for your answer, but I have a few questions about it, please:
(1) In Insert/Symbol, the 'em' isn't there, so how do I get it there, and make the hyphens that will be in the Insert/Symbol to transform into the long dash? (2) you refer to the built-in shortcut key--which one would that be, in this case? Thank you again. Ellen "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Enter three em dashes in succession. You can't use AutoFormat to do this; you'll have to actually insert them using Insert | Symbol unless you have assigned a shortcut key (or use the built-in one). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "egrolman" wrote in message news Hello, A publication I am preparing a document for is calling for a 3-em dash, which I cannot seem to make happen. I set the autoformat as you type to the appropriate "replace hyphen with dash", but what I'm looking for is a LONGER dash, like the equivalent of 3 hyphens, which I cannot make work, for some reason. The publication wants me to use it in a bibliography, for the 2nd and subsequent appearance of a particular author;s name. Can you help? It should be about the same length as an underline of 5 spaces, but they specify NOT to use underlines. Thanks, Ellen "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 17:29:02 -0800, Liz wrote: New user to Microsoft Word, and to this group. A friend directed me here. How do I type elongated dashes, longer than the hypen produced by the hypen key on the keyboard. Thanks Liz There are two longer dashes, an "en dash" and an "em dash", originally roughly the widths of the letters n and m. In Word, the built-in keyboard shortcuts for them are Ctrl+num- for the en dash and Ctrl+Alt+num- for the em dash (that is, hold down the Ctrl key or the Ctrl and Alt keys, and then press the minus key on the number pad, assuming the NumLock is turned on). The AutoFormat function (Tools AutoCorrect Options AutoFormat As You Type Hyphens with dashes) will convert spaces and dashes automatically, but the rules are confusing. According to the Help topic "Automatically format hyphens as en dashes and em dashes": "When you type a space and one or two hyphens between text, Microsoft Word automatically inserts an en dash ( €“ ). If you type two hyphens and do not include a space before the hyphens, then an em dash (€” ) is created." For more info, see http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...tSpecChars.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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After you click on the Insert pull-down menu and select Symbol, you will
have to click the tab at the top of the open dialog box that says "special characters" and you will find the en dash and the em dash listed. The built in shortcut key combination for the en dash is the Control Key and the hyphen The built in shortcut key combination for the em dash is the Control Key and the Alt key and the minus sign on the numeric keypad. "egrolman" wrote in message ... Thanks for your answer, but I have a few questions about it, please: (1) In Insert/Symbol, the 'em' isn't there, so how do I get it there, and make the hyphens that will be in the Insert/Symbol to transform into the long dash? (2) you refer to the built-in shortcut key--which one would that be, in this case? Thank you again. Ellen "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Enter three em dashes in succession. You can't use AutoFormat to do this; you'll have to actually insert them using Insert | Symbol unless you have assigned a shortcut key (or use the built-in one). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "egrolman" wrote in message news Hello, A publication I am preparing a document for is calling for a 3-em dash, which I cannot seem to make happen. I set the autoformat as you type to the appropriate "replace hyphen with dash", but what I'm looking for is a LONGER dash, like the equivalent of 3 hyphens, which I cannot make work, for some reason. The publication wants me to use it in a bibliography, for the 2nd and subsequent appearance of a particular author;s name. Can you help? It should be about the same length as an underline of 5 spaces, but they specify NOT to use underlines. Thanks, Ellen "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 17:29:02 -0800, Liz wrote: New user to Microsoft Word, and to this group. A friend directed me here. How do I type elongated dashes, longer than the hypen produced by the hypen key on the keyboard. Thanks Liz There are two longer dashes, an "en dash" and an "em dash", originally roughly the widths of the letters n and m. In Word, the built-in keyboard shortcuts for them are Ctrl+num- for the en dash and Ctrl+Alt+num- for the em dash (that is, hold down the Ctrl key or the Ctrl and Alt keys, and then press the minus key on the number pad, assuming the NumLock is turned on). The AutoFormat function (Tools AutoCorrect Options AutoFormat As You Type Hyphens with dashes) will convert spaces and dashes automatically, but the rules are confusing. According to the Help topic "Automatically format hyphens as en dashes and em dashes": "When you type a space and one or two hyphens between text, Microsoft Word automatically inserts an en dash ( - ). If you type two hyphens and do not include a space before the hyphens, then an em dash (- ) is created." For more info, see http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...tSpecChars.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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You can find the em dash at U2014 (in the General Punctuation character
subset) or on the Special Characters tab of Insert | Symbol, which should also show the keyboard shortcut. I've got Ctrl+M assigned to it on my machine, but the built-in shortcut is Alt+Ctrl+Num- (that is, the minus key on the numeric keypad). (Do NOT use Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen; see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/LostSymbol.htm.) For more on inserting special characters, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "egrolman" wrote in message ... Thanks for your answer, but I have a few questions about it, please: (1) In Insert/Symbol, the 'em' isn't there, so how do I get it there, and make the hyphens that will be in the Insert/Symbol to transform into the long dash? (2) you refer to the built-in shortcut key--which one would that be, in this case? Thank you again. Ellen "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Enter three em dashes in succession. You can't use AutoFormat to do this; you'll have to actually insert them using Insert | Symbol unless you have assigned a shortcut key (or use the built-in one). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "egrolman" wrote in message news Hello, A publication I am preparing a document for is calling for a 3-em dash, which I cannot seem to make happen. I set the autoformat as you type to the appropriate "replace hyphen with dash", but what I'm looking for is a LONGER dash, like the equivalent of 3 hyphens, which I cannot make work, for some reason. The publication wants me to use it in a bibliography, for the 2nd and subsequent appearance of a particular author;s name. Can you help? It should be about the same length as an underline of 5 spaces, but they specify NOT to use underlines. Thanks, Ellen "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 17:29:02 -0800, Liz wrote: New user to Microsoft Word, and to this group. A friend directed me here. How do I type elongated dashes, longer than the hypen produced by the hypen key on the keyboard. Thanks Liz There are two longer dashes, an "en dash" and an "em dash", originally roughly the widths of the letters n and m. In Word, the built-in keyboard shortcuts for them are Ctrl+num- for the en dash and Ctrl+Alt+num- for the em dash (that is, hold down the Ctrl key or the Ctrl and Alt keys, and then press the minus key on the number pad, assuming the NumLock is turned on). The AutoFormat function (Tools AutoCorrect Options AutoFormat As You Type Hyphens with dashes) will convert spaces and dashes automatically, but the rules are confusing. According to the Help topic "Automatically format hyphens as en dashes and em dashes": "When you type a space and one or two hyphens between text, Microsoft Word automatically inserts an en dash ( €“ ). If you type two hyphens and do not include a space before the hyphens, then an em dash (€” ) is created." For more info, see http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...tSpecChars.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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You cannot use the hyphen in combination with the Alt+Ctrl in order to
produce the em dash. But the shortcut for the en dash is the Ctrl+Hyphen key combination. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... You can find the em dash at U2014 (in the General Punctuation character subset) or on the Special Characters tab of Insert | Symbol, which should also show the keyboard shortcut. I've got Ctrl+M assigned to it on my machine, but the built-in shortcut is Alt+Ctrl+Num- (that is, the minus key on the numeric keypad). (Do NOT use Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen; see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/LostSymbol.htm.) For more on inserting special characters, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "egrolman" wrote in message ... Thanks for your answer, but I have a few questions about it, please: (1) In Insert/Symbol, the 'em' isn't there, so how do I get it there, and make the hyphens that will be in the Insert/Symbol to transform into the long dash? (2) you refer to the built-in shortcut key--which one would that be, in this case? Thank you again. Ellen "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Enter three em dashes in succession. You can't use AutoFormat to do this; you'll have to actually insert them using Insert | Symbol unless you have assigned a shortcut key (or use the built-in one). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "egrolman" wrote in message news
Hello, A publication I am preparing a document for is calling for a 3-em dash, which I cannot seem to make happen. I set the autoformat as you type to the appropriate "replace hyphen with dash", but what I'm looking for is a LONGER dash, like the equivalent of 3 hyphens, which I cannot make work, for some reason. The publication wants me to use it in a bibliography, for the 2nd and subsequent appearance of a particular author;s name. Can you help? It should be about the same length as an underline of 5 spaces, but they specify NOT to use underlines. Thanks, Ellen "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 17:29:02 -0800, Liz wrote: New user to Microsoft Word, and to this group. A friend directed me here. How do I type elongated dashes, longer than the hypen produced by the hypen key on the keyboard. Thanks Liz There are two longer dashes, an "en dash" and an "em dash", originally roughly the widths of the letters n and m. In Word, the built-in keyboard shortcuts for them are Ctrl+num- for the en dash and Ctrl+Alt+num- for the em dash (that is, hold down the Ctrl key or the Ctrl and Alt keys, and then press the minus key on the number pad, assuming the NumLock is turned on). The AutoFormat function (Tools AutoCorrect Options AutoFormat As You Type Hyphens with dashes) will convert spaces and dashes automatically, but the rules are confusing. According to the Help topic "Automatically format hyphens as en dashes and em dashes": "When you type a space and one or two hyphens between text, Microsoft Word automatically inserts an en dash ( - ). If you type two hyphens and do not include a space before the hyphens, then an em dash (- ) is created." For more info, see http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...tSpecChars.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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I did not suggest that you could use Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen to do this; I
specifically warned the OP not to do this. Many users DO do this by mistake, not realizing that the shortcut requires the minus key on the numeric keypad. The result is that they end up deleting menu entries, as described in http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/LostSymbol.htm Moreover, Ctrl+Hyphen does NOT insert an en dash. It inserts an optional hyphen (which will be printed only if the word breaks at the end of a line). Although it looks a lot like an en dash when nonprinting characters are displayed (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm), it will actually be quite invisible when they are not. To insert an en dash, use Ctrl+Num- (that is Ctrl and the minus key on the numeric keypad) or one of the other insertion methods. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "BK" wrote in message ... You cannot use the hyphen in combination with the Alt+Ctrl in order to produce the em dash. But the shortcut for the en dash is the Ctrl+Hyphen key combination. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... You can find the em dash at U2014 (in the General Punctuation character subset) or on the Special Characters tab of Insert | Symbol, which should also show the keyboard shortcut. I've got Ctrl+M assigned to it on my machine, but the built-in shortcut is Alt+Ctrl+Num- (that is, the minus key on the numeric keypad). (Do NOT use Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen; see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/LostSymbol.htm.) For more on inserting special characters, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "egrolman" wrote in message ... Thanks for your answer, but I have a few questions about it, please: (1) In Insert/Symbol, the 'em' isn't there, so how do I get it there, and make the hyphens that will be in the Insert/Symbol to transform into the long dash? (2) you refer to the built-in shortcut key--which one would that be, in this case? Thank you again. Ellen "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Enter three em dashes in succession. You can't use AutoFormat to do this; you'll have to actually insert them using Insert | Symbol unless you have assigned a shortcut key (or use the built-in one). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "egrolman" wrote in message news
Hello, A publication I am preparing a document for is calling for a 3-em dash, which I cannot seem to make happen. I set the autoformat as you type to the appropriate "replace hyphen with dash", but what I'm looking for is a LONGER dash, like the equivalent of 3 hyphens, which I cannot make work, for some reason. The publication wants me to use it in a bibliography, for the 2nd and subsequent appearance of a particular author;s name. Can you help? It should be about the same length as an underline of 5 spaces, but they specify NOT to use underlines. Thanks, Ellen "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 17:29:02 -0800, Liz wrote: New user to Microsoft Word, and to this group. A friend directed me here. How do I type elongated dashes, longer than the hypen produced by the hypen key on the keyboard. Thanks Liz There are two longer dashes, an "en dash" and an "em dash", originally roughly the widths of the letters n and m. In Word, the built-in keyboard shortcuts for them are Ctrl+num- for the en dash and Ctrl+Alt+num- for the em dash (that is, hold down the Ctrl key or the Ctrl and Alt keys, and then press the minus key on the number pad, assuming the NumLock is turned on). The AutoFormat function (Tools AutoCorrect Options AutoFormat As You Type Hyphens with dashes) will convert spaces and dashes automatically, but the rules are confusing. According to the Help topic "Automatically format hyphens as en dashes and em dashes": "When you type a space and one or two hyphens between text, Microsoft Word automatically inserts an en dash ( - ). If you type two hyphens and do not include a space before the hyphens, then an em dash (- ) is created." For more info, see http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...tSpecChars.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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