Special character: punctuation space

[Mike Wickham]

I don't think it would work, but I don't know. I picked up the trick 
somewhere else and don't know anything about the inner workings of it. I 
would point out, though, that it does not change the keypad to hex. It 
merely adds the capability. So all the old Left-Alt+xxx ASCII? key 
combinations work, i.e. you don't type the plus sign and there is a 
limit of three characters. So I don't think the 4-digit code you listed 
would work.

Mike Wickham

On 7/2/2013 1:49 AM, Shmuel Wolfson wrote:
> 2008 hex is 8200 decimal. Instead of changing your keypad to hex, can 
> you use 8200?
> Regards,
> Shmuel Wolfson
> Technical Writer
> 052-763-7133
> On 01-Jul-13 11:48 PM, Mike Wickham wrote:
>> 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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