Suzanne
Thu Dec 30 10:40:11 CST 2004
I also don't have access to the numeric keypad, but I had assigned my own
keyboard shortcuts to these characters long before Word had them built in,
so I continue to use those. I use Ctrl+M and Ctrl+Shift+N for em and en
dashes, Ctrl+Alt+M and Ctrl+Alt+N for em and en spaces. I would have
assigned Ctrl+Shift+M to an em dash (thereby not usurping the Indent
command), but at the time the shortcut was unavailable because it was
assigned to Mute in AfterDark (a long-ago screen saver app). I've gotten
used to the shortcuts, so I haven't changed it even though I now could.
My point is that you can assign whatever shortcuts make sense to you. Go to
Insert | Symbol, select the em or en dash, click on Shortcut Key..., press
whatever combination you want to use, and click Assign.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
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"Top Spin" <ToppSpin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On my desktop, which has a full keyboard, I can get an en-dash or
> em-dash using the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+Num- and Alt+Ctrl+Num-.
>
> The keyboard on my laptop does not have a numeric keypad. Is there a
> keyboard shortcut I can use to get these characters? I tried NumLock
> without success.
>
> I would prefer not to define a new shortcut. I guess I am really
> asking if there is a way to simulate the minus sign on the numeric
> keypad without a numeric keypad.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
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> PC: HP Omnibook 6000
> OS: Win 2K SP-4 (5.00.2195)
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> (11/03/04)