Hyphen, en dash, em dash for Microsoft Word

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Hyphen, En dash, Em dash in Microsoft Word

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Hyphen, En dash, Em dashin Microsoft Word

Hyphen, En dash, Em dashin Microsoft Word

Hyphen

Use the minus sign key.

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Hyphen

Use the hyphen to separate compound words.

Hyphen

Use the hyphen to separate compound words.They played on the teeter-totter.

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Hyphen

Use the hyphen to separate compound words.The x-ray showed a broken arm.

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Hyphen

Use the hyphen to separate compound words.His mother-in-law was concerned.

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Hyphen

Use the hyphen to separate compound words.Keep the accounting records up-to-date.

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En dash

Use Ctrl + minus on the number pad

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En dashUse the en dash to show a distance

or a range of values.

En dash

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Use the en dash to show a distance or a range of values.

They were all 65–80 years old.

En dashUse the en dash to show a distance

or a range of values.

The New York–San Francisco flight was delayed.

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Em dash

Use Ctrl + Alt + minus on the number pad

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Em dashUse the em dash in place of commas or parenthesis

for added emphasis.

Em dashUse the em dash in place of commas or parenthesis

for added emphasis.

After three weeks on set, the cast was fed up with his direction—or, rather, lack of direction.

Em dashUse the em dash in place of commas or parenthesis for added

emphasis.

Since 2007, the consensus of the economic establishment—bankers, policymakers, CEOs, stock analysts, pundits—has been catastrophically wrong.

Hyphen, En dash, Em dashin Microsoft Word