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Mac Forum / Applications / Word / May 2008Quotation dash question
The horizontal bar, also known as a "quotation dash", is commonly used to introduce quoted text in some non-English languages and by James Joyce. In Unicode, the horizontal bar / quotation dash is U+2015 (decimal 8213). In HTML, it can be input only with the numeric form, ― or ―. How do I enter this MSWord on a Mac? What fonts and what do I type? The four decimal digits followed immediately by an 'X' or something weird like that? Apologies for being so arcane here. Hi Nick - If you're a stickler for precision you're best bet is to use the OS X Character Palette. By entering 2015 in the search box at the bottom of the palette you can get that character. There is no routine keystroke although it can be constructed as an AutoText or AutoCorrect item. However, the em dash (U+2014) is virtually identical & easily can be used instead. In fact, it would probably move better with the doc if it goes to a system which doesn't have a font that includes the 2015 character. For the em dash you can use either: Shift+Option+Hyphen or Option+Command+[numpad] Minus HTH |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 5/30/08 5:22 AM, in article f90873a0-83c4-42da-b69f-2e2c1e38f02e@c19g2000prf.googlegroups.com, > The horizontal bar, also known as a "quotation dash", is > commonly used to introduce quoted text in some non-English languages [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Apologies for being so arcane here. I use em dashes frequently, so I have set up AutoCorrect to substitute an em dash when I type a hyphen followed by an equal sign. It's much quicker than the standard Mac keystroke combination. Clive Huggan ============ On 30/5/08 8:14 PM, in article C4654BCE.3C10F%onlygeneraltaz1@com.cast.net, > Hi Nick - > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >> >> Apologies for being so arcane here. > Hi Nick - > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > > Apologies for being so arcane here. Where do I find the character palette? Hi Nick - Apple Menu to System Preferences - International, Input Menu page. Check the box for Character Palette. See Mac Help on "typing special characters". HTH |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 5/30/08 10:09 PM, in article a7876613-c712-42ef-af91-f4156623b58d@l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com, >> Hi Nick - >> [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > Where do I find the character palette? |
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