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Hyphen, n-dashes, m-dashes
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How can I get an n-dash or a m-dash in my document? I read somewhere that to minus signs -- would make an m dash in Word, but it ain't workin'! Sometimes Word seems to know to make the dash and other times it seems to choose not to make the dash.... Please help if you can and thank you! Raymond |
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O.K., I got it...you can use shortcut keys!
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/InsertSpecChars.htm "Raymond O'Neill" wrote in message ... Help! How can I get an n-dash or a m-dash in my document? I read somewhere that to minus signs -- would make an m dash in Word, but it ain't workin'! Sometimes Word seems to know to make the dash and other times it seems to choose not to make the dash.... Please help if you can and thank you! Raymond |
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Using the hyphen on the 10-key pad of keyboard, ctrl+hyphen for en-dash,
alt+ctrl+hyphen for em-dash "Raymond O'Neill" wrote: Help! How can I get an n-dash or a m-dash in my document? I read somewhere that to minus signs -- would make an m dash in Word, but it ain't workin'! Sometimes Word seems to know to make the dash and other times it seems to choose not to make the dash.... Please help if you can and thank you! Raymond |
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You can also use hyphens, but not quite as in your example. If you do them
like this--with no spaces on either side--you will get an em dash (provided you have the appropriate AutoFormat As You Type option enabled). If you add the spaces you should get an en dash for either one or two hyphens. -- 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. "Raymond O'Neill" wrote in message ... O.K., I got it...you can use shortcut keys! http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/InsertSpecChars.htm "Raymond O'Neill" wrote in message ... Help! How can I get an n-dash or a m-dash in my document? I read somewhere that to minus signs -- would make an m dash in Word, but it ain't workin'! Sometimes Word seems to know to make the dash and other times it seems to choose not to make the dash.... Please help if you can and thank you! Raymond |
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"" wrote in microsoft.public.word.newusers:
Help! How can I get an n-dash or a m-dash in my document? Control-numeric minus gives en dash Control-shift-numeric minus gives em dash I read somewhere that to minus signs -- would make an m dash in Word, but it ain't workin'! You need to turn on auto-correct if you want that feature. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ |
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