Fortunately there is a faster way to quickly make all of the periods in your Microsoft Word document larger by using the find and replace tool. How to Change Period Size in Microsoft Word. Open the document. Select the Home tab. Type a period into the Find what and Replace with fields, then click More. Click Format and select Font. The text for Times New Roman in Google Docs, too, shows the period almost as small as the one shown in Arial font. Times New Roman and Arial have periods of the same exact size. Which means if you want to make the periods bigger, you will have to opt for another font style or follow the steps in method one. The second sentence in the image is. Click the 'Replace All' button. In Microsoft Word, a dialog will prompt you how many replacements it made. Your paper should be noticeably longer. Bear in mind that the more periods you have, the longer your paper will appear.

Using the AutoFormat feature in Microsoft Word, you can create both an Em dash (—) and En dash (–) automatically by typing hyphens. Alternatively, you can insert these special characters using the Insert Symbol menu. You can also copy and paste the dashes from another document, such as a web page, to your Word document.

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Tip

If AutoFormat is not enabled in your copy of Microsoft Word, see: How to enable and disable Microsoft Word AutoFormat feature.

Note

The steps below may work in other Microsoft programs, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.

Insert an Em dash using AutoFormat

If you do the following, AutoFormat inserts an Em dash (—) as you type.

In a Word document:

1. Type a word, with no space after it.
2. Type two hyphens, with no space between or after them.
3. Type another word.
4. Type a space.

For example, typing:

Something--Something(space)

Automatically formats the line as:

Something—Something

When you press the spacebar after typing the example text above.

Insert an En dash using AutoFormat

If you do the following, AutoFormat inserts an En dash (–) as you type.

In a Word document:

1. Type a word, with a space after it.
2. Type a single hyphen, with a space after it.
3. Type another word.
4. Type a space.

For example, typing:

1993(space)-(space)1995(space)

Automatically formats the line to:

1993 – 1995

When you press the spacebar after typing the example text above.

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Insert an Em or En dash using shortcut keys

To create an Em dash, use the shortcut key combination Ctrl+Alt+-.

To create an En dash, use the shortcut key combination Ctrl+-.

Note

Num Lock must be enabled and you need to use the minus key on the numeric keypad.

Insert an Em or En dash using the Symbol menu

You can also insert a special dash using the Insert Symbol menu:

1. In a Microsoft Word document, choose Insert in the Menu bar.
2. Choose Symbol.
3. Choose More Symbols.
4. Click the characters you'd like to insert. The Em dash should be on the second row. To insert multiple characters, click them one at a time.
5. When you're finished, click Close to close the special characters window.

Note

If the En dash is not offered in your Symbol menu, you can still use another method to insert it.

Insert an Em or En dash using copy and paste

If all else fails, copy and paste the dash from another document, such as this page.

1. Highlight the dash you want to insert:

Em dash: —
En dash: –

2. Copy it. (Press Ctrl+C, or Command+C on a Mac)
3. In your Word document, place the text cursor where you'd like the dash to go, and paste it. (Press Ctrl+V, or Command+V on a Mac)

Remove an Em or En dash

If your Word document has an Em dash or En dash and you want to remove it, do one of the following.

• Highlight the Em dash or En dash using your mouse, then press the Del key.
• Place the text cursor after the Em dash or En dash, then press the Backspace.

If you want to replace the Em dash or En dash with a normal hyphen, type the hyphen after removing the Em or En dash.

Additional information

• See our Em dash and En dash definitions for further information and related links.

1. Click the 'Home' tab and select the 'Replace' option from the menu.
2. Insert a period into the box labeled 'Find What.' Insert a second period into the box labeled 'Replace With.'
3. Click the 'More' option next to the 'Replace With' box and select the 'Format' option, followed by the 'Font' option.
4. Click the arrow next to the font size and select the appropriate font size from the drop-down menu. Click the 'OK' button to replace all of the periods in the document with the larger-sized periods.