Inserting an Em Dash

Beginning with Word 95, you can insert an em dash (a long dash) by simply typing two dashes in a row. Word would sense this as you finished the word following the dashes, and then replace them with the em dash. If you have this capability turned off, however, you may be wondering how to get an em dash in your document. There are three ways you can do this, each of which works in all versions of Word:

• Press CTRL+ALT+MINUS (on the numeric keypad)
• Hold down the ALT key as you type 0151 on the numeric keypad.
• Choose Symbol from the Insert menu, and then select Em Dash from the Special Characters tab.