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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
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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
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Inserts a dash the width of an em space |
En dash
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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. |
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