[jaws-uk] Re: Dash v n dash
- From: "Catherine Turner" <catherineturner2000@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:17:38 -0000
Yes, I'd like to know how to type dash or n dash too. Because as I said, in
this particular document I've got there is the same amount of space around
the dash, and I'm pretty sure the person who typed the document didn't do
anything other than dashes and spaces...
Catherine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry" <bbinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 7:31 PM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Dash v n dash
> Ok, the next question is how do you type the m dash?
>
> Barry H
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Wood" <scott.wood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 3:17 PM
> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Dash v n dash
>
>
> Hi Catherine
>
> I was puzzled by this a couple of years ago and asked the same question on
> this list. I think it was George who replied and he explained it, if my
> memory serves me, as a difference in the length of the dash. It's called
> an
> M dash because it is the length of a letter M whereas a normal dash is the
> length of a letter N (mike and November respectively).
>
> There is a way of turning it off in the tools/options dialogues in Word,
> but
> I can't remember just exactly where. If you have a hunt around, I'm sure
> you'll find it.
>
> I think it's an American thing, so it's not in our Anglo-Saxon vocabulary.
> It doesn't look any different to us as a dash is a dash is a dash, as far
> as
> screen readers are concerned, but visually it looks longer.
>
> Hope this makes sense and that I remembered correctly.
>
> Kind regards ... Scott
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Catherine Turner" <catherineturner2000@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Jaws-Uk" <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 1:31 PM
> Subject: [jaws-uk] Dash v n dash
>
>
> Hi,
>
> What's the difference between what JAWS calls "dash" and what it calls "n
> dash"? I have a Word document with both of these in and as far as I can
> tell there's no difference between them: they are both dashes surrounded
> by
> one space and a word on both sides.
>
> Also, do other people who don't use JAWS ever refer to "n dash"? I've
> never
> come across the phrase other than JAWS saying it.
>
> Catherine
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