Special character: punctuation space

[Christenson, Pat]

Thanks, Mike. I didn't see anything about this online. You've been very helpful.

Pat


From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Mike Wickham
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 3:49 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Special character: punctuation space

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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