[bksvol-discuss] Re: M dash, how to make it?

  • From: "Jake Brownell" <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 17:52:43 -0500

Hi Lissi,
   There are two easy ways to insert an em-dash

If you're using Microsoft Word, you can press CTRL+ALT+the minus sign on the numpad.

If you're using JAWS, you can press INSERT+4 (the 4 on the regular keyboard) and you'll get a list of symbols. Press the letter e a few times and you'll find em dash, then press enter.

That's all there is to it.

Jake
----- Original Message ----- From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 5:16 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] M dash, how to make it?


Dear Volunteer Friends,

There was a discussion here about making that long dash called m dash by Jaws using microsoft word while validating an RTF file. How to make it with other programs might have been mentioned, too.

What I mostly remember is that it was suggested that just using 2 dashes comes out better for the braille reader in Bookshare's BRF file of a book. So, I decided that when I had a choice, I'd use 2 dashes.

However, the book I'm validating is already packed with m dashes, so if I fix one, I thought it should match them.

How do I make an m dash? Occasionally jaws calls an m dash a minus, and I want to replace the minus signs with m dashes. If anyone can point me to the answer or remind me how to do this, I'd appreciate it and save the information in my Bookshare Tips file.

While I wait to hear about this, I'll mark the spot and go on. I'm only on page 12, but this book really motivates me to make good progress.

Hope all of your current endeavors are going swimmingly. - Smile

Always with love,

Lissi
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