En-dash and Em-dash without numeric keypad?

[Top Spin]

On my desktop, which has a full keyboard, I can get an en-dash or
em-dash using the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+Num- and Alt+Ctrl+Num-.

The keyboard on my laptop does not have a numeric keypad. Is there a
keyboard shortcut I can use to get these characters? I tried NumLock
without success.

I would prefer not to define a new shortcut. I guess I am really
asking if there is a way to simulate the minus sign on the numeric
keypad without a numeric keypad.

Thanks

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(11/03/04)

[Graham Mayor]

Does your laptop not simulate the numeric keypad using the Fn key in
combination with other keys?

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I also don't have access to the numeric keypad, but I had assigned my own
keyboard shortcuts to these characters long before Word had them built in,
so I continue to use those. I use Ctrl+M and Ctrl+Shift+N for em and en
dashes, Ctrl+Alt+M and Ctrl+Alt+N for em and en spaces. I would have
assigned Ctrl+Shift+M to an em dash (thereby not usurping the Indent
command), but at the time the shortcut was unavailable because it was
assigned to Mute in AfterDark (a long-ago screen saver app). I've gotten
used to the shortcuts, so I haven't changed it even though I now could.

My point is that you can assign whatever shortcuts make sense to you. Go to
Insert | Symbol, select the em or en dash, click on Shortcut Key..., press
whatever combination you want to use, and click Assign.

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"Top Spin" <Topp...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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[TF]

You can use Insert, Symbol dialog to assign new shortcuts for the em and en
dashes.

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"Top Spin" <Topp...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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: On my desktop, which has a full keyboard, I can get an en-dash or