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Easiest way to type a hyphen on the Mac?

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Mar 15, 202613802 views
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I can type a minus (-), an en dash (–) and an em dash (—) easily, I often need hyphens (‐) though. Is there an easy keyboard shortcut? If not how else should I go about inserting hyphens into my prose? Thanks.

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It's a one-or-the-other solution, but you could use the built in text-replacement on OS X to replace a minus with a hyphen. On the left I typed a minus, on the right I inserted a hyphen from the OS X Character Viewer. In theory it should replace all…

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