h a l f b a k e r y"Put it on a plate, son. You'll enjoy it more."
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So either buy a Mac keyboard for your pc, which, as Ian points out, has a shortcut for the em dash, or redefine your keyboard using the free Layout Creator (see link). |
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I have seen eighteenth century printed books which use the underscore for this purpose _ an interesting alternative to the em dash. |
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and of course, I hardly need to mention how useful em
and en are in Scrabble
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I thought this was going to be a key for giving someone a
bun. |
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Try "Ctrl" and the Num-pad "-". Works in Word on my PC, but I guess you already knew that, 'cos it doesn't work in notepad. |
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Download AutoHotKey and write your own script to
convert "------" to "" |
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Here's your AutoHotKey script (without requiring an
end-key to trigger it since you normally have no
space, period, or enter after an m-dash). |
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Hotkeys are good, but the problem still rears its ugly head
when you try to type on a smartphone. |
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I defined -= as an en dash and =-= as an em dash, in Microsoft Word's autocorrect as you type. I find this convenient. |
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