No, 8200 doesn't work. The weird thing is that the punctuation space appears in both the Character Palette and Hex Input and I can use \2008 in a variable. There just doesn't seem to be a way to create it from the keyboard. Strange.
Thanks. Pat From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shmuel Wolfson Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 1:50 AM To: Mike Wickham Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Special character: punctuation space 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? _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. Send list messages to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/shmuelw1%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
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