Posted by: scooper | May 26, 2008

How do I???

Okay I’m going crazy. I’ve been playing with my keyboard trying to figure out how to an em dash and I can’t do it. On the MAC sure I can do it, no prob., but on my personal computers…nope, nada, nothing. I’m going loca…losing all my bananas…the pigeons have flown their tiny coop. Help me..

Scooper

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  1. If you are using Microsoft Word for Windows, the shortcut key for an em dash is ALT+CTRL+Num- (that’s the – key on the number keypad on the right). An en dash is CTRL+Num -. To insert these from the menu, click Insert, Symbol, click on the Special Characters tab, select and click Insert button. You can also assign a different shortcut key. Hope this helps.

    By: Sandy Hagman on May 26, 2008
    at 11:13 pm

  2. you can also type two short dashes together like this–followed immediately by the next word without a space after the two dashes and Word should convert the two short dashes into the em dash for you. At least it does for me.

    By: Jaci Burton on May 27, 2008
    at 10:46 am

  3. I didn’t know there was a shortcut. LOL.

    I usually type a word and hit the hyphen twice. The trick is to not space after it. The second word has to be attached. To end a sentence with it, I type the word, click the hyphen twice and hit one letter to get it to turn into an em dash. Then I backspace the letter out.

    By: relliott4 on May 27, 2008
    at 10:47 am

  4. Thanks Sandy, Jaci and Rinda. My stupid laptop won’t allow me to do the–trick. But, I do now know how to use the symbol option to insert one. Woo0-whoooo. *Yeah, so I need a little help writing sounds now.*

    By: scooper on May 27, 2008
    at 6:50 pm

  5. Sometimes a good approximation is the hyphen surrounded by spaces – like so. When I can’t make a proper em dash for whatever reason I use that.

    But how frustrating!!!

    By: Carolyn Jean on May 28, 2008
    at 11:28 am

  6. Carolyn- That was my old standby. It’s nice to know that I’m not the only one who does it.

    By: scooper on May 28, 2008
    at 12:38 pm


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