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typing an em dash on a laptop without a number pad

The alt code trick needs a numpad and my laptop doesn't have one. I use em dashes a lot when writing. Is there a keyboard shortcut in Windows that works anywhere, not just in Word?
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ravis Nov 05, 2026
vikram_38
Win + . (period) opens the emoji panel, go to the Symbols tab and it's under punctuation. after the first time it sits in the recently used list, so it's two keystrokes. In Word you can also type word--word with no spaces and it autocorrects to an em dash when you hit space after the next word.
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