Thanks, Bob! You're right about the other command. I also don't like to
have keyboard shortcuts that involve such widely separated keys.
I realize I didn't say earlier that I set up two minus signs in succession
as my AutoCorrect item for en dash -- similar in position to the [minus
key
followed by equal key] of the em dash.
As to your ref to Elliott's "well-deserved pat on the pate", that is the
most outstanding example of onomatopoeia that has appeared in this
newsgroup
for five years!
Um, I think it's actually the only one...
Cheers,
Clive
=====
On 16/5/08 9:34 AM, in article
C45240C8.39288%onlygeneraltaz1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"CyberTaz" <onlygeneraltaz1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> G'day Clive -
>
> Command+Option+[numpad dash] for an Em Dash, Command+[numpad dash] for
an En
> Dash, and I'm guessing you changed it because accidentally keying
> Command+Option+[regular hyphen] triggers the RemoveMenuItem command.
>
> ...and don't neglect to give Elliott his well-deserved pat on the
pate:-)
>
>
> Regards |:>)
> Bob Jones
> [MVP] Office:Mac
>
>
>
> On 5/15/08 7:19 PM, in article
> C453023D.3841C%REMOVETHISoffice@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Clive
Huggan"
> <REMOVETHISoffice@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> On 15/5/08 8:45 PM, in article
>> tkt26-22AA5C.11452715052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Kevin Taylor"
>> <tkt26@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <ee9b745.-1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>> akleslie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>>>
>>>> Version: 2008
>>>> Processor: intel
>>>>
>>>> There is no longer the option to insert symbol from the task bar.
I've
>>>> searched this in Help, but to no avail! How do I insert an em dash
into
>>>> word
>>>> 2008??
>>>
>>> An em-dash is usually inserted in Word by pressing the dash key twice,
>>> the Auto-Correct feature automatically replaces the two dashes with
the
>>> long em-dash. If this doesn't work for you, check the AutoCorrect
>>> preference pane (File/Preferences), that the "Automatically correct
>>> spelling and formatting ..." box is checked at the top, and that the
>>> "AutoFormat as You Type" Pane has "Symbol characters with symbols"
>>> checked about halfway down.
>>>
>>> Alternatively, the standard Mac keyboard shortcut is alt-****ft-dash
for
>>> the em-dash, and then alt-dash for the en-dash. This should work in
all
>>> programs, and I can confirm it works in Word 08.
>>>
>>> Best
>>> kt
>>
>> Kevin,
>>
>> What's the default keyboard shortcut for an en dash? (i.e., not the
>> option-hyphen Mac-wide shortcut but the Word one). I can't remember --
and
>> it was because of what it was that I changed to my own AutoCorrect
items for
>> en and em dashes.
>>
>> Clive Huggan
>> ============
>>
>
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