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Make7

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15. You can use HTML entities to display the various dashes.

Reply to wackadoo wabbit (Original post)

Fri Feb 14, 2020, 02:05 AM

Feb 2020

For example:

Em-dash = — displays —
En-dash = – displays –
Minus sign = − displays −
Hyphen = - displays - (that should be what using your keyboard shows)

NOTE: when using HTML entities in your post titles, previewing the post will change them into the actual characters - be sure to hit the back button on your browser to restore the HTML entities before hitting the 'Post my reply' button.

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How do you make an em-dash? How about an en-dash? [View all] wackadoo wabbit Feb 2020 OP

on a windows system? mike_c Feb 2020 #1

Sorry, I should have specified, "How do you make an em-dash on DU?" wackadoo wabbit Feb 2020 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author mike_c Feb 2020 #7

sorry I clicked post to soon mike_c Feb 2020 #8

Yes, I see that now. Thanks so much for the info! (n/t) wackadoo wabbit Feb 2020 #10

Do you mean in a Word document? The Blue Flower Feb 2020 #2

Sorry, I should have specified, "How do you make an em-dash on DU?" (n/t) wackadoo wabbit Feb 2020 #4

in a post here? ALT 0151 and ALT 0150 (M and N) CurtEastPoint Feb 2020 #5

OK, that's why I thought it wasn't working! wackadoo wabbit Feb 2020 #9

Sure. I've tried to put words w/accented e's and they either disappear or are just regular e's CurtEastPoint Feb 2020 #12

With an iphone or ipad happybird Feb 2020 #6

OP doesn't seem to want to specify a device or OS jberryhill Feb 2020 #11

It's not at all that I didn't want to specify a device wackadoo wabbit Feb 2020 #13

Why? hunter Feb 2020 #14

You can use HTML entities to display the various dashes. Make7 Feb 2020 #15