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Malume
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For people who use Open Office 3 freeware, just tap in a double hyphen. Then hit the space bar and the double hyphen becomes an en-dash. Probably faster than looking up the symbol...
Don't know if this works with Word. Worth a shot.
Hugs and kisses... Tom/Malume
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pink rose
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Thanks Malume, I tried that method but it doesn't work on Word. The symbol routine is pretty slow - and there must be another way - but I'll stick with it for now.
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dholm
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Quote: pink rose, Wednesday, 9 Dec 2009 14:16Thanks Malume, I tried that method but it doesn't work on Word. The symbol routine is pretty slow - and there must be another way - but I'll stick with it for now. In word type the double dash, then type the next word after and hit enter. Magic, it appears. Took me a while to figure it out. D
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pink rose
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Wow!! It works! Yippee! Thanks.
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dholm
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Quote: pink rose, Wednesday, 9 Dec 2009 16:26Wow!! It works! Yippee! Thanks.  You are welcome. So much easier this way. Can't have things slowing us down now, can we?
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joyamykita
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A dash is used to denote an afterthought to a sentence ex. "I like you--love you really." They are also used in pairs to offset a clarification ex. "I was spitting mad--he'd cheated on me you see--so I clocked him in the head with the frying pan. A lot of writers confuse the dash with hyphen. Dash -- hyphen- hyphens should only be used to connect multiple words or to indicate word is broken by the margin. This information was found in the wonderful book 'The First Five Pages'
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gabriella
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Quote: pink rose, Wednesday, 9 Dec 2009 14:16Thanks Malume, I tried that method but it doesn't work on Word. The symbol routine is pretty slow - and there must be another way - but I'll stick with it for now. For Word users - try holding down Alt and type in 0151
Jen "Those who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be controlled." William Blake my blog
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