Microsoft is finally adding a real em-dash shortcut to Windows 11 – just as AI made you want to stop using it

COnfused businessman working with his laptop, at the office.

• Windows 11 has a new keyboard shortcut to access an em dash
• To get this long dash previously, you had to hold the Alt key and press a combination of numbers (or use the emoji panel)
• Both were clunky methods, and the new shortcut is much better – though it's arguable whether you should use em dashes at all now, thanks to AI

Ever wanted a long dash (known as an 'em dash') like this one — in Windows 11, but not known how to produce it? Microsoft is now introducing a keyboard shortcut to allow easier access to these lengthier dashes.