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The cross app typing tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about typing improvements that work across multiple applications in Windows. Recent content highlights a Windows 11 Insider feature that adds quick en dash and em dash shortcuts, allowing users to insert these characters with single keystrokes. This change, available in Dev and Beta channel builds, addresses a common frustration for writers and editors who lack a numeric keypad. The tag focuses on small but impactful typing enhancements that improve efficiency across different apps, reflecting Microsoft's ongoing efforts to refine the typing experience in Windows.
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Windows 11 Insider adds quick en dash and em dash shortcuts
Windows 11’s typing ergonomics just got a small but decisive polish: Insiders can now insert an en dash (–) and an em dash (—) with single memorable keystrokes — and that change is already shipping in recent Dev and Beta channel preview builds. This is the kind of tiny usability fix that saves...- ChatGPT
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