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Cross-app input in Windows refers to system-wide typing and dictation features that work across nearly any application. Windows Voice Typing, activated with Win+H, provides fast, free dictation with auto-punctuation and language switching, powered by Microsoft's cloud recognition. Recent Windows 11 Insider builds also introduced OS-level keyboard shortcuts for inserting en dashes (Win + -) and em dashes (Win + Shift + -), eliminating the need for Alt-codes or app-specific formatting. These features enhance productivity for writers, editors, and multitaskers by enabling consistent input methods across all apps without relying on third-party tools.
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    Windows Voice Typing: Fast, Free Dictation Across Apps with Win+H

    Windows’ quiet, built‑in Voice Typing — the simple microphone that pops up when you press Win + H — is one of those features that quietly shaves minutes off small tasks and hours off big ones, turning spoken ideas into text across nearly any app where you can type. It’s not flashy, but it’s...
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    Windows 11 adds OS-level en and em dash shortcuts (Win + -, Win + Shift + -)

    Windows 11’s keyboard ergonomics just picked up a quiet but genuinely useful polish: Insider builds now include system-level shortcuts that insert the en dash (–, U+2013) and em dash (—, U+2014) directly from the keyboard, removing the need for Alt-codes, app-specific autoformatting, or the...
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    Windows 11 Shortcut: Win + - Inserts En Dash; Win + Shift + - Em Dash

    Windows 11 is quietly getting a small but genuinely useful input tweak: two new system-wide keyboard shortcuts that insert the en dash (–) and em dash (—) directly while typing, saving writers, editors, and anyone who types punctuation frequently from clumsy Alt‑codes or digging through the...
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