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    1. Phil Plait‏Verified account @BadAstronomer 1 Jan 2014

      1/2 Help please, hive mind! I’m on an iMac, and suddenly cmd-shift-dash doesn’t give me an em-dash in Word. It did until an hour ago. Arg!

      35 replies 3 retweets 5 likes
      Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 1 Jan 2014
      Replying to @BadAstronomer

      @BadAstronomer The 3 dashes: - – — Works not only in Word but in this Twitter window: 1) dash 2) option-dash 3) option-shift-dash

      11:50 AM - 1 Jan 2014
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        2. Phil Plait‏Verified account @BadAstronomer 1 Jan 2014
          Replying to @neiltyson

          @neiltyson Thanks! I had a weird keyboard setting that was preventing it from working at all, but I fixed it. Happy new tropical year, BTW.

          4 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
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        1.  🚀Elizabeth McQuern‏ @ElizMcQuern 1 Jan 2014
          Replying to @neiltyson

          Best Twitter thing of the day: @neiltyson giving @BadAstronomer tips on making em-dashes in Word.

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        1. Eric Lujan‏ @ericmlujan 1 Jan 2014
          Replying to @neiltyson

          @neiltyson @BadAstronomer Mr. Tyson... Thank you for saving the world once again.

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        1. Jonathan 👣 🚲‏ @jonathanavt 1 Jan 2014
          Replying to @neiltyson

          @neiltyson @BadAstronomer That first one is actually the hyphen-minus. These three (which can be typed) are just the tip of the dashberg.

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        1. Savae‏ @savaereardon 6 Jan 2014
          Replying to @neiltyson

          @neiltyson @BadAstronomer Alt + 0151 for Windows pals.

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        1. PastryPlate‏ @PastryPlate 3 Jan 2014
          Replying to @neiltyson

          @neiltyson now, when do you use each? - – — @BadAstronomer

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        2. Science Is Real‏ @fluffyscikitten 1 Jan 2014
          Replying to @neiltyson

          @neiltyson @BadAstronomer OMG, where were you two last month when I was trying to figure this out for a final paper for a chem lab? LOL

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Jake B‏ @QuasarMonkey 3 Jan 2014
          Replying to @fluffyscikitten

          @RunMonkeyMama are you here to scare my mom away?

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        1. Elizabeth Wickel‏ @EWickel 1 Jan 2014
          Replying to @neiltyson

          @neiltyson @BadAstronomer Next time I have Mac issues, it's nice to know that I can count on you, Neil!

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        1. Evan di Leo‏ @evandileo 1 Jan 2014
          Replying to @neiltyson

          #Typography help from everyone's fave scientist: @neiltyson: '@BadAstronomer 3 dashes: - – — 1) dash 2) option-dash 3) option-shift-dash'

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        1. Sean "Yoda" Rouse‏ @seanyodarouse 1 Jan 2014
          Replying to @neiltyson

          Seeing if @neiltyson's advice to @BadAstronomer on dashes works with the iPad: dash -, option-dash –, shift-option-dash —. Yep. Thanks!

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        1. Sara Rosinsky‏ @SaraRosinsky 1 Jan 2014
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          @neiltyson @BadAstronomer Hyphen. En dash. Em dash. #PunctuationMinutiaIsMyLife

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