J
Sun Jan 25 18:53:09 CST 2004
Thank you very much!
>-----Original Message-----
>This is a common error. The shortcut for an em dash is
Alt+Ctrl+Num - (which
>means the minus sign on the numeric keypad).
Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen is the command
>some people call the Terminator, also known as
>ToolsCustomizeRemoveMenuShortcut. When you get the big
minus sign and click
>on any menu item, it is gone! This can be very handy,
for example, for
>removing dead files from the MRU list, but obviously it
can also be
>dangerous. Restore the Symbol command by opening Tools |
Customize,
>selecting Symbol in the Insert category, and dragging it
back to the menu
>(see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/RestoreMenuCmd.htm
).
>
>--
>Suzanne S. Barnhill
>Microsoft MVP (Word)
>Words into Type
>Fairhope, Alabama USA
>Word MVP FAQ site:
http://www.word.mvps.org
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>"J. Hynes" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message
>news:39d101c3e380$082c0ed0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> I'm using Word 2002 on Windows XP. I was adding an em
>> dash to a document, using the Insert/Symbol/Special
>> Characters menu. I noticed that you could also add an
em
>> dash by typing (I think) Control + Alt + - [hyphen].
So I
>> tried that, and my little pointer turned into a fat
black
>> dash. When I clicked the appropriate spot in the text
to
>> add the em dash, nothing happened. So I moved the
>> dash/pointer up to the Insert drop down menu and
clicked
>> on Symbol--which then disappeared from the menu
entirely.
>> The dash has become a pointer again (somehow), but I
>> cannot resurrect the Symbol entry on the Insert menu. I
>> reinstalled Word from the CD, and that didn't work, so
I
>> uninstalled Word entirely and reinstalled it again, and
>> that still didn't work. No matter what file I open, the
>> Insert menu simply doesn't show the Symbol entry any
>> longer. Any suggestions?
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