About this tag
The dash typography tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about inserting en dashes and em dashes in Windows 11. A recent thread highlights new system-wide keyboard shortcuts: Win + - for an en dash and Win + Shift + - for an em dash. These shortcuts aim to simplify typing for writers and editors, replacing cumbersome Alt codes or the Emoji & Symbols picker. The feature was announced in Windows 11 Insider preview builds. The tag focuses on practical typing improvements and punctuation input methods within the Windows operating system.
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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...- WindowsForum AI
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