How to Insert a Dash with an AZERTY Keyboard on Windows?

To insert a dash with your AZERTY keyboard on Windows, here are the different options available:

There are several types of dashes that you can insert using your keyboard, each having a specific function in typography.

1. Short dash (hyphen -): The short dash is the most common, used especially for compound words. Simply press the - key (located between the ? and = keys, near the numeric keypad).
2. Long dash (em dash —): The long dash is mainly used for dialogues or parenthetical statements in a text.
   • Hold down the Alt key.
   • While holding Alt, type the number combination 0151 on the numeric keypad.
   • Release the Alt key, and the long dash will appear: —.

💡 Tip: If your keyboard does not have a numeric keypad, you can copy-paste this long dash: —.

💬 In case of problems…

• Check that the numeric keypad is enabled (Num Lock).
• If the Alt code does not work, try in another software (some word processors do not interpret them).

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