Using Type > Editing text > Inserting special characters

 

Inserting special characters

When editing text in the Text Editor, you can insert characters from the Text > Special Characters submenu. The special characters allow you to apply additional formatting to control the appearance of text.

The following special characters are available:

End of column

For text formatted into columns, indicates the final character in a column

End of line

Indicates the final character in a line

Nonbreaking space

For two words separated by a space, ensures that the words do not break apart at a line break

Em space

Inserts a space equal to the width of the letter "m" in the current typeface

En space

Inserts a space equal to the width of the letter "n" in the current typeface

Thin space

Inserts a space equal to one-fifth of an en space

Em dash

Inserts a dash the width of an em space

En dash

Inserts a dash the width of an en space

Discretionary hyphen

Inserts a hyphen that appears in the document only if the insertion point is at the end of a line


To insert characters from the Special Characters submenu:

1

With the Text Editor open (see Using the Text Editor), click in the Text Editor window where you want to insert a special character.

2

Choose Text > Special Characters, and select a character from the submenu.