Does anyone have a simple html file that successfully creates em dashes using Creator?

I have scoured the threads that mention em dashes but they are too obscure for my limited brain. One example of the correct html might just get me there...

Simply use the HTML entity "—". Should work just fine.

Simply use the HTML entity "—". Should work just fine.

Thanks for that but if I knew how to work it into the HTML I wouldn't be so confused. One example is worth a thousand words...

Thanks for that but if I knew how to work it into the HTML I wouldn't be so confused. One example is worth a thousand words...


<p>This is a paragraph that needs&mdash;just for a while&mdash;an em dash</p>


Update -- I was going to show how it renders, but I can't find out which tags this forum uses to allow HTML.

If you're working with a text file that has used double hyphens as a substitute for the em dash ( -- ) then you can do a "change all" action in your editors to change the -- to &mdash;

What does work is to use @#151; as the em dash. It is what Book Designer outputs and Mobipocket Publisher handles it just fine.

P.S. replace the @ with an & as the forum software converts it to an em dash so I cannot show you properly.

<p>This is a paragraph that needs&mdash;just for a while&mdash;an em dash</p>

Update -- I was going to show how it renders, but I can't find out which tags this forum uses to allow HTML.

When I need to use an emdash in the text of a message here, I use "& #8212" (without the quotes and without space after the &). The forum software will then automatically convert it to an emdash character, like this:

<p>This is a paragraph that needs& #8212;just for a while& #8212;an em dash</p>
becomes
<p>This is a paragraph that needs—just for a while—an em dash</p>

This will work for other html codes like endash (& #8211 = –), bullet (& #8226; = •), etc. See the special characters wiki for the other codes.

You can use the HTML entity "&mdash".



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Brilliant, thanks all.

You can use the HTML entity "&mdash".



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:eek: Don't forget the semicolon at the end, i.e. HTML entity "&mdash;". ;)