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If you search for ß, you only get results containing ß, regardless of whether Match diacritics is enabled or not.Īnd if you search for a two-character sequence, you don't get results containing the equivalent ligature. If you search for æ with Match diacritics enabled, you only get results containing æ (and not ae). If you search for æ with Match diacritics disabled, you (apparently) get results containing æ or any variant of a ( a, à, etc.) but not ae. I can see how conflating all types of dashes might be a good default for most users, but I happened to come across a similarly useful conflation - possibly a more useful conflation - that wasn't an Everything default:īy default, Everything doesn't seem to find results with either single-character ligatures or their equivalent two-character sequence. I think the "Match diacritics" Search menu setting is going to serve me best, most of the time. Also, do note that any AutoCorrect entry you create will work in all Microsoft applications, such as Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.Wow - lots of feedback, all of it prompt and useful! Thank you all! In case you don't want three dashes to be replaced with an em dash, press Cmd + Z to undo. Now, whenever you type -, PowerPoint will replace the three dashes with an em dash.

Now click the red close button on the top right of this dialog box.

#Em dash in word 2013 plus#

Next, click the Plus button, highlighted in green. You can use any technique, explained previously on this page to bring the em dash character in this With box, highlighted in blue in Figure 8.

In the With box, we typed in an em dash.

Select the AutoCorrect tab, and type in your shortcut in the Replace box, highlighted in red within Figure 8.

This will bring up the AutoCorrect dialog box, as shown in Figure 8, below.

Choose Tools | AutoCorrect Options in the menu, as shown in Figure 7, below.įigure 7: AutoCorrect Options in the Tools menu.

Double-click any character to quickly add it to your insertion point in PowerPoint.įinally, you can create an AutoCorrect entry that lets you add an em dash quickly, with a shortcut.

Here you will find the em dash symbol, as you can see again in Figure 6, below.įigure 6: Locate the em dash in the Character Viewer You then scroll within the dialog box, until you see the Technical Symbols category.

Drag the Character Viewer diaog box a little so that you can see the controls at the top of the box, as shown in Figure 6, below (compare with Figure 5, above).

Either option brings up the Character Viewer dialog box, that you can see in Figure 5, below.įigure 5: The Character Viewer dialog box.

Alternatively, press the Control + ⌘ + Spacebar keyboard shortcut.

Now access the Insert tab of the Ribbon, and click the Symbol button, as shown in Figure 4, below.

Click in any text container object to place your insertion point, as shown in Figure 2, previously on this page.

To access the em dash character from the Symbol dialog box, follow these steps: Use the Symbol option to bring up Character Viewer

Now hold the Shift and Option ( Alt) keys while you press the hyphen (-) key (see Figure 3, below)Ģ.

Click in any text container object to place your insertion point, as shown in Figure 2, below.

To add an em dash using a keyboard shortcut, follow these steps:

Use the Symbol option to bring up Character Viewer.

#Em dash in word 2013 how to#

We have a separate tutorial on how to add an em dash in PowerPoint versions on Windows. We will look at three ways to add an em dash in PowerPoint for Mac. Also, the en dash is wider than the figure dash, the hyphen, and the minus sign. One aspect though will always be constant-the em dash will be longer than the en dash, which is similarly roughly based on the width of the capital letter N, as can be seen in Figure 1, above. Depending upon the font used, the width of your em dash can differ.įigure 1: Width of the em dash depends upon the font used The M in Arial is wider than the M in Calibri, as you can see in Figure 1, below. Characters can be wider or less wide, depending on the font used. An Em Dash is a dash that's roughly as wide as the capital letter M.