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Suzanne S. Barnhill
 
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Default how do I type a thin space in Word?

As Robert indicates, the Unicode character set includes a thin space (and
also a hair space), but Arial Unicode MS and Lucida Sans Unicode are the
only fonts most users are likely to have that contain these characters (at
U2009 and U200A, respectively)

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"CyberTaz" typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet wrote in message
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If you're referring to a true typesetting thin space (1/8-em), the

straight
answer is No, not in Word.

The best you can get in Word is a 1/4-em - go to InsertSymbol, click the
Special Characters tab & insert it from there. If you need to use it with
any frequency you can assign a keystroke to it while you're there.

If you need anything tighter than that you'll have to select the 2
characters and use FormatFontCharacter Spacing - Spacing: to tighten

them
up by 10ths of a point. That will give you the effect you want, but it is
still guesswork unless you measure out the type specs to determine how

much
of an adjustment to make.
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HTH |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

"wavedancer" wrote in

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I need to be able to type a thin space in the expression '37 °C',
between the number and the degrees symbol. How do I achieve this in
Word? I've scoured Word Help to no avail, and I found no reference to
it when I searched this forum.

Thank you.


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wavedancer