# Dialogue text formatting ("-" instead of "•")

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/dialogue-text-formatting-instead-of/119658>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [June 6, 2019, 12:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dialogue-text-formatting-instead-of/119658 "2019-06-06T12:04:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 12:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dialogue-text-formatting-instead-of/119658/1 "2019-06-06T12:04:28Z")

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Hello. We have recently added a subcategory for literature, where people will need to use the following formatting in dialogues:

-Hello, how are you?  
-I’m pretty good, thanks.

Unfortunately, when there is a space between the - and the text, it automatically turns into bullet points. Is there a way to fix that and keep them as dashes?

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