[bookshare-discuss] Re: What is an M-dash

  • From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 15:19:57 -0500

Hi, Rick!  Actually, I've noticed that the long dash comes out as a single
hyphen in Braille.  The M-dashes seem to come out as a dash.  It's kind of
strange. <Smile>

Jana

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Roderick" <richard@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 2:46 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: What is an M-dash


> The em-dash symbol is one to avoid in braille.  Word, by default, were
> turn two hyphens into it.  It can be turned off in the format menu and
> options.  In braille, I believe it comes out, in some translators, as a
> single hyphen.
>
> Rick Roderick,
> Louisville, KY
> richard@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
>



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