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Insert white space characters, White space options – Adobe InCopy CC 2015 User Manual

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• Deselect the Use Typographer’s Quotes option in the Type section of the Preferences dialog box, and then type

the quotation mark or apostrophe.

• Press Shift+Ctrl+Alt+' (Windows) or Shift+Command+Option+' (Mac OS) to switch between turning on and

off the Use Typographer’s Quotes preferences option.

The character frequently used to indicate feet, arcminutes, or minutes of time is the prime mark. It looks like a slanted
apostrophe. The character frequently used to indicate inches, arcseconds, or seconds of time is the double prime mark.

These symbols are different from apostrophes and double quotation marks. Some fonts include the prime and double prime
marks. Use the Glyphs panel to insert these marks. If the font doesn’t have a prime or double prime mark, insert the straight
quotation mark, and italicize it.

Insert white space characters

A white space character is a blank space that appears between characters. You can use white-space characters for many
different purposes, such as preventing two words from being broken at the end of a line.

1

Using the Type tool, position the insertion point where you want to insert a certain amount of white space.

2

Choose Type > Insert White Space, and then select one of the spacing options (such as Em Space) in the context
menu.

Representative symbols of the white-space characters appear when you choose Type > Show Hidden Characters.

White space options

The following options appear on the Type > Insert White Space menu:

Ideographic Space

This is a space that is based on a full-width character in Asian languages. It wraps to the next line as with other full-
width characters.

Em Space

Equal in width to the size of the type. In 12-point type, an em space is 12 points wide.

En Space

One-half the width of an em space.

Nonbreaking Space

The same flexible width as pressing the spacebar, but it prevents the line from being broken at the space character.

Nonbreaking Space (Fixed Width)

A fixed width space prevents the line from being broken at the space character, but does not expand or compress in
justified text. The fixed width space is identical to the Nonbreaking Space character inserted in InCopy CS2.

Third Space

One-third the width of an em space.

Quarter Space

One-fourth the width of an em space.

Sixth Space

One-sixth the width of an em space.