Life Pro Tip!
Life Pro Tip!
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This but for em dashes
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Many applications will automatically convert two hyphens to an em dash.
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Not my copy of Microsoft Word I was given by work, I can say that much.
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So just make a text replacement. I actually prefer it this way so I can always get the character I want. I have it set up such that
\emdash and \endash are replaced by the appropriate characters. I’ve also recently gotten into \hairsp\emdash\hairsp for all my em dash needs.
I also set up my phone to replace a ? and ! directly next to each other in both orders with a ‽
It’s great fun if you care about minute details such as these
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Bootleg Office 95?
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That’s an en dash. This is an em dash: —
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Yes, I know. I was A) demonstrating what I was talking about, and B) seeing if it would work here (it doesn't).
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Alt+0150
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That's actually the alt code for an en dash. Em dash is Alt+0151!
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This should be a lot more upvoted.
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For me it's "§"
Easy on Android. PITA and different shortcut on every Windows app.
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I just use hyphens for everything.
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I use a compose key. I type Compose - - -
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