Hi, Word automatically turns two dashes into that character. I'm not sure how to type one directly. If you have JAWS, you can use Insert+4 on the top row of your keyboard and get a dialog of special characters to type. Hit the letter e once you get into that dialog and you will find it. Thanks. Jim James D Homme, , Usability Engineering, Highmark Inc., james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx, 412-544-1810 "It's more important for me to start to do the right thing than it is to wait until I think I can do it just right." "Cindy Ray" <cindyray@xxxxxxx et> To Sent by: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx bksvol-discuss-bo cc unce@xxxxxxxxxxxx g Subject [bksvol-discuss] Re: dashes 10/23/2007 08:38 AM Please respond to bksvol-discuss@fr eelists.org So how do you locate this M-? When I do two hyphens in Word, I get that automatically. Cindy Lou Ray. Each day is a new adventure. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.