Inserting an em dash

[highmeadowhome]

I use OSX.1.5, Microsoft Word in Microsoft Office v. X.

I wish to insert "em" dashes in my Yearbook text. I know I did this
successfully last year, but cannot get it to work now. Word online
"help" says:
1. Click where I wish to insert the dash
2. On "insert" in the menu, click "symbol"
3. Choose "special characters " tab
4. Double click the character.

My problem: When I go to "Insert" in the menu, I do not see "symbol"
anywhere in the choices.

What am I missing here? Thanks to anyone who can set me straight!

Annie

 

[J.E. McGimpsey]

I use OSX.1.5, Microsoft Word in Microsoft Office v. X.

I wish to insert "em" dashes in my Yearbook text. I know I did this
successfully last year, but cannot get it to work now. Word online
"help" says:
1. Click where I wish to insert the dash
2. On "insert" in the menu, click "symbol"
3. Choose "special characters " tab
4. Double click the character.

My problem: When I go to "Insert" in the menu, I do not see "symbol"
anywhere in the choices.

What am I missing here? Thanks to anyone who can set me straight!

you can insert an M-dash using OPT-SHIFT-<hyphen>.

It's also character 209 in my insert symbol dialog when the font
dropdown is set to "normal text".

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word]]

Hi Annie:

Sounds like your Insert menu has got munged.

Use Tools>Customise to RESET it as described in the Help.

Cheers

This responds to microsoft.public.mac.office.word on 8 Jul 2003 22:51:08
-0700, (e-mail address removed):

I use OSX.1.5, Microsoft Word in Microsoft Office v. X.

I wish to insert "em" dashes in my Yearbook text. I know I did this
successfully last year, but cannot get it to work now. Word online
"help" says:
1. Click where I wish to insert the dash
2. On "insert" in the menu, click "symbol"
3. Choose "special characters " tab

4. Double click the character.

My problem: When I go to "Insert" in the menu, I do not see "symbol"
anywhere in the choices.

What am I missing here? Thanks to anyone who can set me straight!

Annie

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
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+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]

 

[Clive Huggan]

Annie,

As J.E. McGimpsey said, Shift-Option-[hyphen] will give you an em dash. If
you do a lot of them, as I do, you can save keying by creating an
AutoCorrect entry that substitutes an em dash when you type two other
characters. I made one that converts "-=" to an em dash.

-- Clive Huggan
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