the windows key), and should be user-configurable. It is usually Shift-AltGr, but may be another key (e.g. The key that operates as a Compose key varies with the Linux distribution. The dash appears when you release the Alt key. Hold down one of the Alt keys and type on the numeric keypad: 0150 for an en dash or 0151 for an em dash. The shortcuts vary depending on your operating system. Many people like to use keyboard shortcuts, especially when editing existing material that includes incorrectly-done dashes. Select the U+2013 or U+2014 character, respectively. In the following table, the A and B represent text consisting of letters A to z or digits 0 to 9.Ī - B (A, space, minus, minus, space, B)Īnother means of inserting en or em dashes is through the Insert > Special Characters menu. This method uses the Replace dashes option under Tools > AutoCorrect > Options to replace one or two hyphens, under certain conditions, with the corresponding dash.
INSERT EM DASH IN WORD FOR MAC MAC
I work with some colleagues who use Macs, and clearly Microsoft Word on a Mac is a different beast once you get away from the more ‘core’ functions. I usually specify Windows somewhere in the discussion, because I do not want to pretend expertise I do not have. Thank you for providing the Mac user input. Here is a screenshot from a Word 97 (yes, Word 97) session: A screen shot of Word 97 (running under Wine on Linux), and faking a nonbreaking en rule using a stretched nonbreaking hyphen and a change of font. If it is not a good visual match to the en rule, and you can be bothered, try changing fonts and experimenting until it looks good. Highlight it, choose Ctrl+D and then use the Scale option to make it wider until it is the length of an en dash. Instead of an en rule, insert a nonbreaking hyphen. Option 3 (works at least as far back as Word 97!) So, if on early versions of Word, Option 3 may be best (or only), poor as it is. They sure like capitalising everything! No- Width Non Break.Ĭaveat: The N o- W idth N on B reak is present in Word 2010 (and maybe earlier), but does not actually work, at least in my experience. If you need it regularly you can assign a shortcut to it. Option 2 (the better one, as suggested by Daniel)Īfter typing/inserting the en dash, go to Insert and then Symbols and select Special Characters and choose No-Width Non Break. Nonbreaking en dash between 14 and 34 using a 1% width nonbreaking space. The nonbreaking space after the en dash does not break on either side, so fixes the problem. It does not accept 0%, but a space 1% of the width of a normal one is close enough to invisible. Go to Advanced, then select the Scale drop-down menu and type something like 1%. Type ’15– 34′ where the gap after the dash is a nonbreaking space (Ctrl-Shift-Space in Windows) and then select the nonbreaking space and type Ctrl+D (or go to the Font menu from the Home ribbon). It seems that at some point Microsoft changed the behaviour of some special characters/codes in Word or in Word’s file format. I cannot speak for 2013 versions or versions on Mac.
They do work in Word 2016 (in my experience) and later. So… Note that these options do not work in versions of Word up to and including Word 2010. But, Word does the breaking after the en dash. If you are in Word and type ’15–34′, the ’34’ can end up on the next line – the en dash is breaking. I call them en rules, but I’m out-voted on that one.Īnyway, in line with one commenter on this post, I’ll point out how it can be done.
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