Special character: punctuation space

[Mike Wickham]

First, if you haven't already, you need to turn on the unicode keypad. 
It's turned off in Windows by default. Use regedit to find the key 
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Input Method". Right-click on it, 
choose New and then String to create a new string called 
"EnableHexNumpad" with a value of "1". (Don't type the quotes.) REBOOT. 
Don't forget to reboot!

Now, you will be able to type unicode characters by holding down the 
left-alt key and simultaneously pressing the plus sign on the keypad, 
and then (while still holding down the left-alt key) enter the unicode 
character. Then release the left-alt key.  (Note that the right-alt key 
does not work for this.)

So, for your example you would hold down your Left-Alt key, and then 
(simultaneously) on the numeric pad:
     press +
     press 2
     press 0
     press 0
     press 8
and then release the Alt key.  Some Unicode characters have the hex 
letters a to f in them. Simply enter them from the main keyboard (while 
still holding down the Left-Alt key).

PLEASE NOTE that the punctuation space that you want to enter will ONLY 
appear if the font you are using contains it as a defined character. 
(Most fonts do not.)

Mike Wickham

> Now a new question: I thought there was a way to insert a space that's 
> the width of punctuation, such as a period or comma (similar to Esc 
> spacebar m for em space, Esc spacebar t for thin space, etc.). I found 
> the Unicode  for it is x2008. I've tried (and had other people) try 
> this, holding down Alt and typing 2008 on the numeric keypad. We get a 
> character that looks like a long equal sign with a vertical line 
> through it.
>
> Does anyone know how to create a punctuation space in FrameMaker?
>
>

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