Does anyone know how to key an em dash into FMP? I don't know if it is even possible. I tried looking for special characters available in FMP but couldn't find it. I would appreciate any info you can give me on this.

Thanks,

John

Mac or Windows?

On a Mac use the standard key strokes Option+Hyphen or Shift+Option+Hyphen. (You can use Key Caps in the Apple manu to see all the characters and their key strokes.)

On Windows there used to be a little application that displayed all the characters and told the ALT code needed to generate them. I just had a look in Win98 but cannot find it.

I hope you have a Mac!

Character Map. Usually located in Start>Programs>Accessories. If it is not there, you can start it with Start>Run then type in charmap, then hit OK.

Thank you very much!

Hmmm... Is there also a way to do a non-break hyphen like the em-dash?

Yes you can. The procedure is the same. Option-Dash on Mac, some ALT combination on Windows.

Actually, on a Mac, option-hyphen returns an en dash, option-shift-hyphen returns an em dash.

Pedantic of me.