On Monday 09 April 2007, Deloris Gausch wrote:
> I need to be able to insert an "em dash" which is a
> longer line than a dash and indicates an interrupted
> thought. My editor keeps knocking out the ellipses (three
> dots) that I use and keeps asking for an "em dash" In
> WORD, you just click INSERT , go to Symbols and the long
> dash is there to insert. How do I find that in Open
> Office-writer? There is no long dash in the list. Two
> dashes doesn't do the trick.  Deloris

What font are you using? The DejaVu fonts have a lot of 
dashes including the "em dash — hex number 2014" you want.  
Maybe these fonts are available for Windows.

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