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I am encountering the following error and have no idea where to find the solution; 

Package inputenc Error: Unicode char ‐ (U+2010)
(inputenc)                not set up for use with LaTeX.

See the inputenc package documentation for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...                                              

l.129   boundedness and actor‐
                                network theory.
Your command was ignored.
Type  I <command> <return>  to replace it with another command,
or  <return>  to continue without it.

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\openout2 = `chapters/abbreviations.aux'.

Can anybody aid me in finding the solution? I am using ShareLatex if that is necessary information.

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  • Your character here (‐) is not a hyphen but a Unicode dash : replace it with a normal hyphen.
    – Joseph Wright ♦
    Commented Apr 18, 2016 at 11:21
  • Is it clear from this error message where this is? it refers to output.bbl, line 129 not to a page or lne in the coding
    – user103481
    Commented Apr 18, 2016 at 11:23

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Recent LaTeX versions declare the symbol U+2010 (DASH) in utf8enc.dfu, t1enc.dfu. The former is loaded by default. The declaration can be given explicitly for older LaTeX installations:

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\DeclareUnicodeCharacter{2010}{-}% support older LaTeX versions

Versions with U+2010:

  • utf8enc.dfu: 2016/02/28 v1.1s
  • t1enc.dfu: 2016/02/28 v1.1s
  • LaTeX 2016/03/31
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  • I'm having this problem, but my pdflatex is pretty current. At what version was this fixed?
    – ryanjdillon
    Commented Sep 13, 2017 at 18:16
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    @ryanjdillon I have added the version numbers. The LaTeX version is relevant, but not the version number of pdfTeX.
    – Heiko Oberdiek
    Commented Sep 13, 2017 at 18:26

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