Comments on: Dash it all! http://www.gabrielle-edits.com/2008/11/06/dash-it-all/ Editor -- Substantive and Copyediting: Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:52:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kerryn http://www.gabrielle-edits.com/2008/11/06/dash-it-all/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Kerryn Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:37:43 +0000 http://www.gabrielle-edits.com/?p=55#comment-69 I've always wondered about the em dash. Now I know. :) I’ve always wondered about the em dash. Now I know. :)

]]> By: Katharine http://www.gabrielle-edits.com/2008/11/06/dash-it-all/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Katharine Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:07:41 +0000 http://www.gabrielle-edits.com/?p=55#comment-68 Ahem. That should be: ... way to easily create ... Ahem. That should be: … way to easily create …

]]> By: Katharine http://www.gabrielle-edits.com/2008/11/06/dash-it-all/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Katharine Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:06:22 +0000 http://www.gabrielle-edits.com/?p=55#comment-67 Here is another way to easily created em dashes and en dashes, without using the Character Map or Insert > Symbol, at least for PC users of versions of Word before 2007*: 1. For an em dash: Hold down both the Ctrl and Alt buttons while clicking the minus key within the number pad on the keyboard. 2. For an en dash: Hold down only the Ctrl button while clicking the minus key within the number pad on the keyboard Note that these shortcuts work from within Word; they generally don't work within e-mail programs. ________________________ *I use Word 2003 on a PC running Windows XP. Here is another way to easily created em dashes and en dashes, without using the Character Map or Insert > Symbol, at least for PC users of versions of Word before 2007*:

1. For an em dash: Hold down both the Ctrl and Alt buttons while clicking the minus key within the number pad on the keyboard.

2. For an en dash: Hold down only the Ctrl button while clicking the
minus key within the number pad on the keyboard

Note that these shortcuts work from within Word; they generally don’t
work within e-mail programs.

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*I use Word 2003 on a PC running Windows XP.

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