Advertisement Stop avoiding dashes in your writing just because you don’t know how to type them outside of word processors. Learn the proper keyboard shortcuts and you can type these essential parts of the English language in basic text editors, browsers and anywhere else you may need them. The en dash (–) is my favorite piece of punctuation–it’s perfect for inserting points, like this one–but I’ve been neglecting it in my writing for a couple of years, for a really dumb reason. What’s my dumb reason? I’ve stopped using Word and Open/Libre Office. I know their shortcut for an em dash–type two dashes between two words and they will transform once you type a space after the second word.

I stopped using word processors when I started writing for the Internet, however, because they add a bunch of nonsense code to my writing. But outside programs with their own shortcut, I never got around to learning how to write em or en dashes. This means the text editors and browsers I now do my writing in are dashless wastelands., and I’ve resorted to Googling “en dash” and copying the resulting punctuation, though Not anymore. I’m going to stop restructuring sentences out of laziness, and I’m going to help you do so as well. Here’s how to make your favorite punctuation on your favorite operating system. Keep reading! Create Em and En Dashes On A Mac!

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First up: the easy one. Apple’s operating system OS X comes with a couple of keyboard shortcuts that make typing em and en dash a snap. For an en dash (–), use “Option” and “-“. For an em dash (—), use “Option”, “Shift” and “-“. Now let’s see how Microsoft does in comparison.

Thankfully, that problem is finally solved. Microsoft has added new transitions to PowerPoint 2016 for Mac, bringing it in line with the Windows version. Hooray for cross-platform compatibility. Word 2016 offers you several page sizes that you can choose from. To choose the paper size you want, go to the Layout tab and choose Size from the Page Setup group. Choose the page size you want from the dropdown menu.

Create Em and En Dashes on Windows! Windows users can easily make an em dash if they’re using Word: just type two dashes between two words, as I explained above. Outside of Word, however, the story is different: you need to use four digit alt codes. You’re going to need a keyboard with a number pad for this–the block of numbers to the right of the arrow keys. Create Em and En Dashes On Linux! So Windows makes things a lot more complicated than OS X does. How does Linux compare?

As usual for Linux, there are multiple options–two in this case. Also somewhat typical: they’re not as simple as the Mac solution, but both seem less arbitrary than the Windows one. You can use whichever method you like, but I’ve made an editorial judgement–subtly displayed in the headers below. The Stupid Way So it turns out one way to make em and en dashes in Linux is pretty similar to the Windows method outlined above: you need to type four-digit codes. The good news: you don’t need to a number pad to use them.