How to type en-dash and em-dash in Windows 7/8? - Super User
Unnecessary to say, it is a headache to move between keyboard and mouse when you type large texts. It would be better for me if there ware a keyboard shortcuts available for these two characters. Is …
How to make a dash "–" on a US International keyboard layout?
May 20, 2021 · 1 If you use Windows, and you have a numeric keypad on your keyboard, then you can hold the left Alt key, type 0150 (short ndash –) or 0151 (long mdash —) on the numeric keypad, and …
How to add the Em dash "—" to my keyboard? - Super User
Dec 27, 2014 · 4 I have an AZERTY keyboard, and an ErgoDox keyboard. I can map all the keys I want to the Ergodox, and macros as well. I'm looking for the —. This is the Em dash; it is different from the …
keyboard - Is there single-keystroke way to type an em dash in …
May 12, 2018 · My question: In Windows is there a single keystroke that will type an em dash that doesn't require a number pad? Or is there a way to configure Windows to emit an em dash upon the …
How can I type special characters in Linux? - Super User
May 6, 2025 · In Windows, there is the possibility to type special signs from the keyboard by holding the Alt key and typing a few numbers, that depends on which sign you want to use. Does it work with …
Why is so hard to use the dash character? - Super User
Note that symbol is used in dialogs. All keyboards simply doesn't have the dash symbol (Alt+0151), so most people use the hyphen character (the minus signal on numeric keypad). Note the difference: …
windows - Short keyboard combination to enter an en dash in …
Oct 16, 2023 · For a single character like the en dash, you can: record a macro in which the en dash is added using the combination Alt + 0 1 5 0 (that is, hold down the Alt key while typing the four …
Unicode character equivalent to the underscore on top
Oct 2, 2019 · Is there a character equivalent to the underscore " _ " which occupies the upper position? Dash " - " will not do. If it were me, I would call it upper-score. But I do not see this anywhere.
Italian keyboard: entering tilde (~) and backtick (`) characters ...
Oct 31, 2013 · The basic Italian keyboard layout as shipped with Windows 7 has no way of typing the backtick (`) or the tilde (~). I checked this using Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator (MSKLC), with …
How can I type a backslash with no backslash key? - Super User
Jan 15, 2014 · I used to use a UK keyboard with a Japanese IME input. For some reason, backslash was not mapped and instead ¥ (yen) worked as a perfect replacement in terminal.