# 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:** ![calebs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/calebs/32/148838_2.png) [@calebs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/calebs)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dialogue-text-formatting-instead-of/119658/5 "2019-06-06T14:21:57Z")

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I don’t wanna sound negative, but I have absolutely no idea how this is going to work. I have 0 experience with programming, coding and all that.

Just need a simple dialogue with dashes as it is in books and websites. I just don’t feel like hiring a developer for something not so big.

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