# 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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**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 12:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dialogue-text-formatting-instead-of/119658/2 "2019-06-06T12:17:41Z")

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> [@calebs](#):
>
> Is there a way to fix that and keep them as dashes?

Yes, put a backslash `\` before the dash `-`

Like so

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

```

which renders as

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

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