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Subject:Typesetting ranges - was Figs From:Emily Skarzenski <eskarzenski -at- DTTUS -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 31 Oct 1995 09:28:30 CST
Grant Hogarth <GRANT -at- ONYXGFX -dot- COM> wrote:
> LaVonna is right... use an em-dash (alt+150) to indicate a range.
Actually, when typsetting a range of numbers, such as "pages 12-23,"
the correct character is an en dash, not an em dash. Grant was right
about the keystroke, though -- it is alt+150. Em dashes are alt+151.
Emily Skarzenski
Deloitte & Touche/ICS
Chadds Ford, PA
eskarzenski -at- dttus -dot- com
