I want to insert half of a space instead of a whole space in word.

Hucksie

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Feb 6, 2010, 1:34:02 PM2/6/10

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I want to see if I can insert half a space instead of a "whole" space between
words in Microsoft word.

Jay Freedman

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Feb 6, 2010, 5:03:43 PM2/6/10

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In the Insert > Symbol dialog, you'll find an "en space" character at
Unicode number 2002. There is no shortcut key assigned to it by
default, but you can assign one by clicking the Shortcut Key button in
the dialog.

If you don't need it often, you can just type the number 2002 in the
document and press Alt+X.

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Jay Freedman

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Feb 6, 2010, 5:06:20 PM2/6/10

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On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:03:43 -0500, Jay Freedman
<jay.fr...@verizon.net> wrote:

>On Sat, 6 Feb 2010 10:34:02 -0800, Hucksie
><Huc...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>I want to see if I can insert half a space instead of a "whole" space between
>>words in Microsoft word.
>
>In the Insert > Symbol dialog, you'll find an "en space" character at
>Unicode number 2002. There is no shortcut key assigned to it by
>default, but you can assign one by clicking the Shortcut Key button in
>the dialog.
>
>If you don't need it often, you can just type the number 2002 in the
>document and press Alt+X.

My apologies, an en space is bigger than you want. There are two
others, "thin space" at 2009 and "hair space" at 200A, that may suit
your needs better.

Alan Essex

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Sep 13, 2010, 9:01:31 AM9/13/10

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Thanks for your extra suggestions about the possibility of "thin space" and "hair space" which, until I read your reply, I was completely unaware.

I can see how "hair space" could be very useful for many writers who like to allow a little extra space before a question or exclamation mark. Such marks can get lost under modern word-processing/typesetting but the use of a full space can be too much and also increases the possibility of the mark dropping down to the next line as an orphan.

Is there any way of automating the insertion of a "hair space" so that instead of typing in 200A followed by ALT+X, the writer simply presses a ? but will get it displayed preceded with an "hair space" ?

ps I use Word 2003 - but I'm not aware that either 2007 or 2010 versions make allowance for this.

> On Saturday, February 06, 2010 1:34 PM Hucksie wrote:

> I want to see if I can insert half a space instead of a "whole" space between
> words in Microsoft word.

>> On Saturday, February 06, 2010 5:03 PM Jay Freedman wrote:

>> In the Insert > Symbol dialog, you will find an "en space" character at

>> Unicode number 2002. There is no shortcut key assigned to it by
>> default, but you can assign one by clicking the Shortcut Key button in
>> the dialog.
>>

>> If you do not need it often, you can just type the number 2002 in the
>> document and press Alt+X.
>>

>> --
>> 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.

>>> On Saturday, February 06, 2010 5:06 PM Jay Freedman wrote:

>>> My apologies, an en space is bigger than you want. There are two
>>> others, "thin space" at 2009 and "hair space" at 200A, that may suit
>>> your needs better.
>>>
>>> --
>>> 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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Peter T. Daniels

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Sep 13, 2010, 10:03:26 AM9/13/10

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Simply set up an "AutoCorrect As You Type" entry, with the question
mark in the first column and the small space and question mark in the
second column.

(Note that when Word is set to French language, it uses nonbreaking
space, not thin space, before such punctuation. But in typing English,
whether to add space before a question mark surely depends on the font
you're using?)

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Spamlet

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Oct 12, 2010, 7:18:45 AM10/12/10

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Depending on how often you need to do it: if it is only now and again, I
achieve odd spacings by simply making the space a different point size. Do
similar with line spacing when trying to cram stuff into text boxes.

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Carson Browning

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Oct 10, 2022, 1:39:05 PM10/10/22

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i am very confused

Carson Browning

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Oct 10, 2022, 1:39:30 PM10/10/22

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On Tuesday, October 12, 2010 at 7:18:45 AM UTC-4, Spamlet wrote:

Carson Browning

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Oct 10, 2022, 1:40:11 PM10/10/22

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How do you half space on Google docs

Peter T. Daniels

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Oct 10, 2022, 4:04:43 PM10/10/22

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On Monday, October 10, 2022 at 1:40:11 PM UTC-4, Carson Browning wrote:

> How do you half space on Google docs

You'll need to find a Google Docs newsgroup.