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• • August 30, 2012 at 11:09 am #63017
    Anonymous

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    Hi,

    I saw a posting here about how to set up autocorect to enable quick shortcuts for en and em dashes, among other things. CS6, which I'm using now, doesn't seem to allow the “show in Finder” functionality under the scripts menus. But, I found the appropriate XML file, anyway. It's “English USA.xml.” I opened it and edited it, adding “—” for an em dash and “–” for an en dash. I saved that. Rebooted InDesign. But, no luck. Shortcuts aren't working. Any ideas?

    Thanks,

    Peter

  • September 4, 2012 at 9:35 am #63058
    Anonymous

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    It's hard to see there what I actually typed in for the em and en dashes. I typed in three hyphens for an em dash, two hyphens for an en dash.

  • September 5, 2012 at 2:58 am #63063
    Tim Hughes

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    A hyphen or even multiples of hyphens are different to an en or em dash, so that may be where you are going wrong.

  • September 5, 2012 at 5:54 am #63066
    Anonymous

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    I know that. Thanks. Actually, I found my answer in some hints I found from a type vendor. There are already shortcuts for en and em dashes built into ID. Option + hyphen equals and en dash. Option + shift + hyphen equals an em dash.

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