Is there a way to insert a thin space in Word?

[Star]

To typesetters, a "thin space" is 1/5 or 1/6 of an em space. Is it possible
to insert a thin space in Word 2003, and if so, how?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can find a 1/4 em space (Unicode character 2005) on the Special
Characters tab of Insert | Symbol. The "thin space" and "hair space" are
Unicode characters 2009 and 200A. The "six-per-em space" is 2006. They can
be found in Arial Unicode MS and Lucida Sans Unicode.

 

[Helmut Weber]

Hi Star,

insert, symbol, special characters, 1/4 Em space,
ascw(8197), though this is not non-breaking.

You may assign a shortcut to it.

To get a non breaking 1/4 Em space,
which adjusts to the surrounding text,
you'd need a bit of VBA, IMHO.

--
Greetings from Bavaria, Germany

Helmut Weber, MVP WordVBA

Win XP, Office 2003
"red.sys" & Chr$(64) & "t-online.de"

 

[Helmut Weber]

Hi Suzanne,

maybe I should stay away from docmanagement, <sigh>.

What is wrong with AscW(8197)?
I used Times New Roman.

If I insert a 1/4 em space,
ascW(selection.text) tells me 8197.

8197[ctrl x] gives me some chinese sign.
What is that?

--
Greetings from Bavaria, Germany

Helmut Weber, MVP WordVBA

Win XP, Office 2003
"red.sys" & Chr$(64) & "t-online.de"

 

[Helmut Weber]

*?*?!*

got it.

MsgBox Hex(AscW(Selection.Text)) '2005

Always learning.

Cheers

Helmut

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If I insert a 1/4 em space using Insert | Symbol, then select it and do
Alt+X, I get 2005.