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How do I insert a thin space in a Word document?
I work on documents where scientific units are used, and need to know how to
insert a 'thin space' between numbers and units, as required by the International System of Units. Is this possible in Word? |
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How do I insert a thin space in a Word document?
Yes, sort of. Most fonts don't include this "character," but you can find it
at U2009 (along with many other specialized spaces) in Arial Unicode MS. The drawback to this is that the font metrics of Arial may be quite different from whatever you're using as a body font. What you might try is to insert a U2009 thin space from Arial Unicode MS into some text formatted in the same size of Arial to get a visual impression of what size space it is, then approximate this in the Default Paragraph Font by condensing an ordinary space (or nonbreaking space if you are justifying the text, since nonbreaking spaces don't expand) using Format | Font | Character Spacing: Condensed. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "AngStones" wrote in message ... I work on documents where scientific units are used, and need to know how to insert a 'thin space' between numbers and units, as required by the International System of Units. Is this possible in Word? |
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How do I insert a thin space in a Word document?
On Wed, 7 May 2008 17:10:01 -0700, AngStones
wrote: I work on documents where scientific units are used, and need to know how to insert a 'thin space' between numbers and units, as required by the International System of Units. Is this possible in Word? Click Insert Symbol (in Word 2007, Insert Symbol More Symbols). In the dialog, click the Special Characters tab. It offers a 1/4 em space (probably what you want), an en space, and an em space. If that doesn't do what you want, you can alter the spacing with greater precision this way: - Type an ordinary space between the number and unit. - Select the space character. - Right-click, select Font, and click the Character Spacing tab. - Set the Spacing box to Condensed, and enter a measurement in points by which to reduce the width of the space. You can enter an integer or a number with one or two decimal places. Unlike the special spaces from the symbol dialog, this method takes no account of the font size; the reduction is an absolute value in points. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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How do I insert a thin space in a Word document?
Unlike "condensing," though, "scaling" is proportional to the font size and
could be usefully used for spaces (which would presumably not experience distortion). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... On Wed, 7 May 2008 17:10:01 -0700, AngStones wrote: I work on documents where scientific units are used, and need to know how to insert a 'thin space' between numbers and units, as required by the International System of Units. Is this possible in Word? Click Insert Symbol (in Word 2007, Insert Symbol More Symbols). In the dialog, click the Special Characters tab. It offers a 1/4 em space (probably what you want), an en space, and an em space. If that doesn't do what you want, you can alter the spacing with greater precision this way: - Type an ordinary space between the number and unit. - Select the space character. - Right-click, select Font, and click the Character Spacing tab. - Set the Spacing box to Condensed, and enter a measurement in points by which to reduce the width of the space. You can enter an integer or a number with one or two decimal places. Unlike the special spaces from the symbol dialog, this method takes no account of the font size; the reduction is an absolute value in points. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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