FROM CERENE - A WORD TIDBIT
</font> I was just hunting around for a
concise explanation of exactly how to get em and en dashes done with
keystrokes in my version of Word (2000) because the help function is
once again typically useless. I came across this very succinct
explanation that covers several versions of Word and has a couple of
shortcuts I didnt know about, so I thought I'd share it.[img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img]
<blockquote>Typographers use different dashes for different purposes. The only
difference between the dashes is their width. For instance, you get one
type of dash when you press on the minus key-it is a dash that is very
narrow. A longer dash is called an en dash, because it is the same
width as a lowercase n. An en-dash is typically used to denote ranges
of numbers. Wider still is the em-dash, which is just as wide as a
lowercase m. The em-dash is typically used in sentences, as a dash
between clauses. To insert an en-dash in your document, hold down the
Alt key and type
0150 on the numeric keypad; an em-dash is produced by holding down the
Alt key and typing
0151.
Another way to insert the dashes is to use the minus key on the numeric keypad. If you press
Ctrl+- (remember, on the numeric keypad) then Word inserts an en-dash. The wider em-dash is inserted by using
Ctrl+Alt+-.</blockquote>
From
here.</font>