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Old 07-11-2008, 06:55 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Argel View Post
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...
Code:
<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;

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