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With Nota Bene, you can fine-tune the appearance of the printed text by adding individual en, em and thin spaces, and by making microspacing adjustments to the spaces between words or between letters. Em, en and thin spaces do not break at the end of the line (unlike regular spaces). These spaces have the following widths:
| • | Em space is is a space that is as wide as the point size (e.g., at 12 point type, an em space is 12 point wide). Traditionally, "M" is the character that is as wide as the point size, hence the name. However, in modern fonts, the width of the "M" is not necessarily the same as the point size. |
| • | Sliver space = 1/108th Em |
Em, en and thin spaces display on screen as green squares of varying widths. To enter an em space, an en space or a thin space:
| 1 | Click Insert, Symbols & Punctuation or press F5 and then F1. The Text Symbols dialog will open. |
| 2 | Click on the character to be inserted and then click Insert. |
Shortcuts: Press F5 and then m to enter an em space; press F5 and then n to enter an en space; press F5 and then b to enter a thin space;
Microspacing adjustments are made by adding or removing hair or sliver spaces. These changes are displayed on screen as narrow lines or thin rectangles, depending on the number of spaces added or removed. Green is used for positive spacing and red is used for negative spacing. To make microspacing adjustments to text that has already been typed:
| 1 | Place your cursor at the point where you want to increase or decrease the spacing. |
| 2 | Press Crtl+Shift+M or click Insert, Microspaces. |
| 3 | Instructions will appear on the status bar at the bottom of your screen. Press the left arrow on your keyboard to make a negative spacing adjustment (to make the space smaller by one hair space) or press the right arrow on your keyboard to make a positive spacing adjustment (to make the space bigger by one hair space). Use the mouse to move to a different place in the text and then adjust a different space. Use Ctrl with the arrow keys to make smaller adjustments (sliver spaces). If you want to remove adjustments, highlight the text that includes the adjustments to be removed and click Delete. |
| 4 | After making adjustments, press Esc or click anywhere in the document. |
See also:
Hyphens and Dashes
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