If you don't have (easy) access to a numeric keypad (which I suspect is what
prompted this question), you may want to assign your own custom shortcuts.
Open Insert | Symbol, select the en or em dash, click Shortcut Key..., and
press your desired keyboard shortcut.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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