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In most programs you can enter the ellipsis sign (three horizontal dots …) by pressing alt+ctrl+.. Not in MS teams. I neither found an autocorrection to replace three normal dots automatically. And three normal dots simply do not look like an ellipses …

What is the trick?

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  • what's the background behind this peculiar stuff? Commented Jan 25, 2021 at 9:02
  • Why peculiar? It's an every-day requirement, therefore working in almost any software I use, but not in MS teams. I don't know the background why MS did something special in teams, I just need to know how to make it work. Commented Jan 25, 2021 at 11:33
  • Not all everyday stuff needs an ellipsis. In fact, not all programs also support ellipses too, i.e. Notepad, VS code, all internet browsers with standard text boxes. I don't need that when I code. Some programs do support that, especially any rich text application like MS Word. That's the reason why I was asking, what is the background? Commented Jan 25, 2021 at 13:05

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I am able to get a an ellipse in Teams chat on Windows 10 by pressing ALT (and holding) and then 0 1 3 3 (on the numeric keypad).

This blog also mentions a way of changing to unicode input.

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  • You are right, that works. Just a little bit hard to remember … Commented Jan 25, 2021 at 16:57
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    Yeah I remember about 15 years ago I switched from typsetting on Macs (which have fairly easy ways of typing special characters) to Windows. There are a whole host of alt-keypad 0169 is copyright, 0150 is en dash, 0151 is em dash, and so on. They work in almost every application I've ever used. Commented Jan 25, 2021 at 17:25
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Currently, it's not supported.

You can always submit your feedback to Microsoft Teams product team via https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/.

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  • Thank you. I suggested it there. Commented Jan 25, 2021 at 16:58

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