Hi, Pam! The M-dash should be represented by two dashes in Btraille. Are you saying that no dash is represented at all when the books are translated into Braille? I've read a llot of Braille books from Bookshare, and sometimes the long dashes are there, and sometimes they aren't. Jana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Quinn" <quinns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 3:05 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] m dash > In most of the books that I scan, I notice what says it's an m dash. > It should be the double dash, but this "m dash" when translated to > braille just shows the two words without a space or dash or anything > between them. Is there an m dash on the keyboard, and would I replace > it with two dashes, or would there be a space before and after the two > dashes? > > Pam > > >