I use OSX.1.5, Microsoft Word in Microsoft Office v. X.

I wish to insert "em" dashes in my Yearbook text. I know I did this
successfully last year, but cannot get it to work now. Word online
"help" says:
1. Click where I wish to insert the dash
2. On "insert" in the menu, click "symbol"
3. Choose "special characters " tab
4. Double click the character.

My problem: When I go to "Insert" in the menu, I do not see "symbol"
anywhere in the choices.

What am I missing here? Thanks to anyone who can set me straight!

Annie

In article <9a54b217.0307082151.5f628b04[at]posting.google.com>,
highmeadowhome[at]earthlink.net wrote:

> I use OSX.1.5, Microsoft Word in Microsoft Office v. X.
>
> I wish to insert "em" dashes in my Yearbook text. I know I did this
> successfully last year, but cannot get it to work now. Word online
> "help" says:
> 1. Click where I wish to insert the dash
> 2. On "insert" in the menu, click "symbol"
> 3. Choose "special characters " tab
> 4. Double click the character.
>
> My problem: When I go to "Insert" in the menu, I do not see "symbol"
> anywhere in the choices.
>
> What am I missing here? Thanks to anyone who can set me straight!
>

you can insert an M-dash using OPT-SHIFT-<hyphen>.

It's also character 209 in my insert symbol dialog when the font
dropdown is set to "normal text".

Hi Annie:

Sounds like your Insert menu has got munged.

Use Tools>Customise to RESET it as described in the Help.

Cheers

This responds to microsoft.public.mac.office.word on 8 Jul 2003 22:51:08
-0700, highmeadowhome[at]earthlink.net:

> I use OSX.1.5, Microsoft Word in Microsoft Office v. X.
>
> I wish to insert "em" dashes in my Yearbook text. I know I did this
> successfully last year, but cannot get it to work now. Word online
> "help" says:
> 1. Click where I wish to insert the dash
> 2. On "insert" in the menu, click "symbol"
> 3. Choose "special characters " tab

> 4. Double click the character.
>
> My problem: When I go to "Insert" in the menu, I do not see "symbol"
> anywhere in the choices.
>
> What am I missing here? Thanks to anyone who can set me straight!
>
> Annie

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. GMT + 10 Hrs
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:john[at]mcghie-information.com.au

Annie,

As J.E. McGimpsey said, Shift-Option-[hyphen] will give you an em dash. If
you do a lot of them, as I do, you can save keying by creating an
AutoCorrect entry that substitutes an em dash when you type two other
characters. I made one that converts "-=" to an em dash.

-- Clive Huggan
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in article stkpgv87t39ld43rc6v4u1gmff70tcp7je[at]4ax.com, John McGhie [MVP -
Word] at john[at]mcghie-information.com.au wrote on 10/7/03 12:47 PM:

> Hi Annie:
>
> Sounds like your Insert menu has got munged.
>
> Use Tools>Customise to RESET it as described in the Help.
>
> Cheers
>
> This responds to microsoft.public.mac.office.word on 8 Jul 2003 22:51:08
> -0700, highmeadowhome[at]earthlink.net:
>
>> I use OSX.1.5, Microsoft Word in Microsoft Office v. X.
>>
>> I wish to insert "em" dashes in my Yearbook text. I know I did this
>> successfully last year, but cannot get it to work now. Word online
>> "help" says:
>> 1. Click where I wish to insert the dash
>> 2. On "insert" in the menu, click "symbol"
>> 3. Choose "special characters " tab
>
>> 4. Double click the character.
>>
>> My problem: When I go to "Insert" in the menu, I do not see "symbol"
>> anywhere in the choices.
>>
>> What am I missing here? Thanks to anyone who can set me straight!
>>
>> Annie
>
> Please post all comments to the newsgroup to maintain the thread.
>
> John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
> McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
> Sydney, Australia. GMT + 10 Hrs
> +61 4 1209 1410, mailto:john[at]mcghie-information.com.au