I think I may have solved the mystery. It is underlined spaces with a base line shift to put it in the position of a dash. Creative thinking, but more work than the keyboard shortcut for the m or n dash.

I would agree that it is best to leave Word behind. I think once you have used InDesign for a while you will never look back. Also the story editor (command + y) is great for giving you an uncluttered space (almost word processor feel) to do your editing.

You might try your printer dialog (under print then printer). Some printers allow you to shift where it prints on the page by a prescribed increment.

This is not working for me. Is it not a CS4 feature or am I doing something wrong? I would love for it to work. I like everyone else get annoyed having to grab the window and downsize it everytime. I always leave a gap, so the panels never pop out over my pasteboard. Is that at all possible?