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How to Look Good in Print
by Leva Duell Copyright © 2004 Follow these guidelines to use special characters correctly. It will make your documents easier to read and give you more credibltiy. . The hyphen, often mislabeled a dash, is often misused. A hyphen (-) connects words together, an en (-) dash replaces the words "to" or "through," and an em (-) dash represents a pause. An en dash is roughly the length of an upper case N, and an em dash is the length of an upper case M. . The inch mark ("), quotation mark ("), foot mark ('), and apostrophe (') have different meanings. Inch marks and footmarks are straight, quotation marks and apostrophes are curved. . Ellipses ( . . . ) are the three dots indicating excerpts of text or omission of words. The ellipses the computer makes (...) are too compressed. They look better if you use a space before and after each dot. Make a good impression with error-free documents. Correct use of special characters will increase the readability of your documents and build more trust for your products and services. Looking for typing work at home? Start a secretarial business. The Secretarial-Business-in-a-Box provides instant tools you need to start and run a successful secretarial service. F*ree articles and business start-up newsletter at http://www.startasecretarialbusiness.com.
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