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Space at the end of a sentence is a subtle issue.\ Notice how this sentence and the topic sentence of this paragraph run together.
Another place to put a nonbreaking space is between a mathematical ``type'' and a mathematical object.
All spaces at the beginning of the next line are ig%nominiously dumped into the bit bucket nored, too.
www.cs.dartmouth.edu /~thc/CS110/latex-examples/basic1.txt   (1218 words)

  
 Ms-office - Word - Insert A Hard Space Tutorials
My recently departed, late-lamented, and highly dedicated word processor let you insert a "hard space" that kept the words around it together, so if you wrote "Jose[hard space]Public," "Jose" and "Public" wouldn't be split at the end of a line if that was where the phrase happened to fall.
Spaces then appear as dots, and nonbreaking spaces appear as degree symbols (see Figure 3-9).
Nonbreaking spaces appear as degree symbols when you have spaces displayed.
www.brainbell.com /tutorials/ms-office/Word/Insert_A_Hard_Space.htm   (192 words)

  
 Non-breaking space - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It can also be used to get multiple spaces in a row in systems like HTML that reduce sequences of normal spaces to a single space.
The difference between a NBSP and a normal space is that, when a string including the NBSP comes at the end of the line, and is too long to fit, it will move the whole string to the next line (including the strings that the NBSP connects to).
Word processors may use different methods to enter a nonbreaking space on the keyboard.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Non-breaking_space   (398 words)

  
 Topica Email List Directory
The em space is as wide as an em, which is a linear measure equal to the
The en space is half as wide as an em space.
space, the thin space, and the three-to-em space.
lists.topica.com /lists/editorium/read/message.html?mid=1709472543   (1247 words)

  
 Squeezing Space out of Tables
The second hardest part of working with tables is dealing with the dead space that creeps into your layout as you add and delete things.
What makes it particularly hard is this dead space can be the result of three possible problems or a a combination of problems: (1) Cells that are middle aligned.
When Dreamweaver creates a table, it inserts a paragraph and a nonbreaking space in each cell as a place holder.
www.english.ilstu.edu /351/fall2003/help/tablespace.html   (572 words)

  
 inserting a thin non-breaking space in Word, macro (?) (Office applications)
Found that a thin space was “1/6 of an m” in the Microsoft glossaries and in a Spanish website where it is mentioned that the only way of doing this is with a macro (http://xcastro.com/signos.html).
For the record, the true width of a narrow space is normally 1/5 em (and not 1/6 as you stated).
For information, the standard space sizes for body text setting in traditional typography as I have been involved in it in the UK are 'em' [square of size of type body], 'en' [halfbody width], and then third, quarter and fifth em widths.
www.proz.com /topic/57794?start=0&float=   (1792 words)

  
 Basic Text > Using Special Text Characters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In traditional typesetting, an em space was often used as the indent for a paragraph.
An en space is often used as a fixed-width space between bullets and the next character of text.
A punctuation space is the width of a period or comma.
www.peachpit.com /articles/article.asp?p=427855&seqNum=20   (474 words)

  
 John Greschak - Finale Suggestion 294: A Search and Replace Utility for Special Characters in Lyrics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Nonbreaking space (160) [inserted for alignment purposes] followed by the syllable followed by a question mark
The characters used to specify a nonbreaking space and nonbreaking hyphen (e.g.
Also, a checkbox option could be used to control whether or not a nonbreaking space is added in the question-mark cases.
www.greschak.com /notation/finale/iwbni/fs294.htm   (242 words)

  
 nonbreaking space « WordPress Support
nonbreaking space - - is deleted when post is saved or published.
where is the setting to stop the deletion of the non breaking space?
I don't know whether this solution will apply in your case, but I was able to solve this problem by turning off the WYSIWYG 'visual rich editor' from the Users page (Firefox, OS X).
wordpress.org /support/topic/79747   (59 words)

  
 Going Beyond Basic Spaces and Hyphens in Word > Spaced Out   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A normal space, inserted with a tap of the space bar, is used to separate words and sentences and in various other places.
Three other types of spaces differ only in size—they are wider or narrower than a standard space and as such are useful for fine-tuning a document's appearance.
A nonbreaking space ensures that the words before and after it always stay together and are never broken across lines.
www.informit.com /articles/article.asp?p=412904&f1=rss   (634 words)

  
 Ms-office - FrontPage 2003 - Adding Text Tutorials
When you create spaces between your words, you'll encounter a similar bit of quirkiness.
The engineers at Microsoft decided that most people probably still want to have their Space bar work the way it always has, so FrontPage steps in and performs a little trick: it inserts a nonbreaking space whenever you hit a Space bar more than once.
This is because, true to their name, these spaces don't break away from one another or away from the words on either side of themeven at the end of a line.
www.brainbell.com /tutorials/ms-office/FrontPage_2003/Adding_Text.htm   (845 words)

  
 Modifying a Sort in Word   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Your text is separated by spaces, which puts it in the "Other" category.
Another way of inserting a nonbreaking space is to click on Insert on the menu bar, choose Symbol, make sure the Special Characters file folder tab is in the foreground (if it isn't, click on it), click on the nonbreaking space choice, click on Insert, and then click on Close.
A nonbreaking space between the first name and the middle initial will make Word consider the first name and the middle initial to be one word.
www.niu.edu /its/helpdesk/documentation/modify_sort.shtml   (599 words)

  
 5.9.2 Understanding differences in spaces   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
However, a Word nonbreaking space is twice the width of a FrameMaker thin space.
If you include a series of thin spaces followed by a tab, for example in an autonumber format, the converted autonumber can extend past the tab setting; the result is that the tab is dropped in Word (see
To avoid overrunning tabs in Word, either reduce the number of thin spaces (for example, in an autonumber format change \st\st\st to \st\st or to \sn\st), or set the following option to force a space between the number and the following text:
www.omsys.com /dcl/usergd/z05x391858.htm   (162 words)

  
 E - Typography Terms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Spaces may be added to both sides of the em dash.
Traditionally, the em space was created by non-printing blocks of metal used to add space between words.
A nonbreaking space equal to the width of the letter N in the font being used (one-half the width of a em space).
www.proximasoftware.com /fontexpert/terms/e.htm   (535 words)

  
 The Wordsmith Press - Events
The text on either side of the nonbreaking space will always stay together on the same line.
When the Show/Hide ¶ button on the Standard toolbar is turned on, nonbreaking spaces are designated by a display character resembling the degree symbol (°) (the tilde (~) in Word 2001).
To insert a nonbreaking hyphen, press [Ctrl][Shift][-] ([command][shift][-] in Word 2001) using the standard keyboard.
www.thewordsmithpress.com /content/article.php?article=27   (284 words)

  
 Betalogue » Blog Archive » Non-breaking space keyboard shortcut in InDesign CS
The non-breaking space is obviously much more frequently used in French than it is in English, so I suppose that not too many English-speaking people have complained to Adobe about it (and maybe the problem is fixed in the French version of InDesign CS).
I suggest using the back-quote key (`) for the non-breaking space rather than the default command-option X that is provided by default in InDesign (how did they come up with that?).
Also, the tilde character (~) is used as a non-breaking space in TeX and LaTeX, and the back-quote is on the tilde key.
www.betalogue.com /?p=927   (876 words)

  
 How to Type Multiple Spaces in FrameMaker with Smart Spaces On - Support Knowledgebase   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
How to Type Multiple Spaces in FrameMaker with Smart Spaces On To type multiple spaces into an Adobe FrameMaker document when Smart Spaces is on, use nonbreaking spaces instead of standard spaces.
Nonbreaking spaces are the same size as standard spaces, but you can enter any number of them in a row even when Smart Spaces is on.
Since the purpose of these spaces is to move to the right on the same line, the fact that they are nonbreaking shouldn't matter.
www.adobe.com /support/techdocs/313390.html   (159 words)

  
 Formatting Text with HTML > Adding Text   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
From a markup standpoint, Dreamweaver assumes your text is in paragraph format by default until you apply formatting to the contrary.
White space is important for control of design and readability.
If you then type on this new line, the nonbreaking space is replaced with your content.
www.quepublishing.com /articles/article.asp?p=30155&seqNum=2   (461 words)

  
 Rules on SI Usage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Indicate multiplication with a space (preferred) or a hyphen (acceptable), except that in the case of a watthour the space may be omitted:
In formal typography, the thin, nonbreaking space is used.
Occasionally, word processors may insert a line wrap in the middle of a number formatted in this manner (unless a nonbreaking space is used) and this commonly happens in journals.
www.cofc.edu /~frysingj/rules.htm   (2508 words)

  
 Word Processor Tips and Tricks
The trick is putting in a special kind of space so your word processor will recognize that it is not start a new line.
Visually, this inserts a space at the proper point, but it is in fact a hard space.
Again visually it appears the same, but is treated differently if that space ends up at the end of a line.
www.abanet.org /lpm/lpt/articles/tch0808031.html   (1195 words)

  
 Nonbreaking space in Tageditor (SDL Trados Support)
On the first one, I can insert an nonbreaking space using the key combination Ctrl+shift+space which is very convenient for me.
There may be a reason for this, as the non-breaking space entity is treated differently in different formats, or by different applications.
I thing you're right regarding the fact that there might be a reason that the nonbreaking space appears differently.
www.proz.com /post/247502   (601 words)

  
 HTML Compactor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Convert multiple spaces on a line to a single space.
It depends on the tag and the amount of space on the other side of the tag whether space can be completely removed.
Any program that wants to analyse the file or decompact it, merely has to use two arrays of strings, one for positive and one for negative, and a SWITCH statement with the tags of interest defined with special processing.
mindprod.com /projects/htmlcompactor.html   (1308 words)

  
 [Tkinter-discuss] Inserting a unicode zero-width nonbreaking space into a Text widget, from Tkinter, on a Mac   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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However, I doubt Tk's text engine has enough advanced text layout to respond appropriately to a zero-width nonbreaking space.
mail.python.org /pipermail/tkinter-discuss/2004-March/000047.html   (284 words)

  
 How to find help for creating nonbreaking spaces in Word
This article describes how to find information about nonbreaking spaces in Microsoft Word Help.
A nonbreaking space is used to prevent multiple words from breaking if they fall at the end of a line.
If you want to view all the nonbreaking spaces in a document, turn on formatting marks by clicking the Show/Hide (¶) button on the Standard toolbar.
support.microsoft.com /?kbid=211887   (246 words)

  
 Character Entities, Sup & Sub, and Comment Tags, continued...
Actually, it is the character entity for a single space.
It is referred to as the nonbreaking space.
When novice Web coders discover the nonbreaking space chracter entity, sometimes this tag can assume the role of providing all Web page formatting.
www.cas.usf.edu /lis/bootcamp/workpad9/workpad9b.html   (546 words)

  
 O'Reilly -- Top Ten Java and XSLT Tips   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A nonbreaking space is a useful feature of XHTML that prevents browsers from introducing line breaks between words.
All browsers should interpret this character sequence as a nonbreaking space and display the page properly.
Use the "and#160;" character entity to represent nonbreaking spaces.
www.oreillynet.com /pub/a/oreilly/java/news/javaxslt_0801.html   (3055 words)

  
 oreilly.com -- Online Catalog: RTF Pocket Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
\ _ escape, indicating nonbreaking hyphen, 11, 30
\ ~ escape, indicating nonbreaking space, 11, 30, 34
nonbreaking space escape (\ ~), 11, 30, 34
www.oreilly.com /catalog/rtfpg/inx.html?CMP=ILL-4GV796923290   (251 words)

  
 Office Tips
IMPROVE TEXT CLARITY WITH NONBREAKING SPACES IN WORD Nonbreaking spaces offer a dependable way to ensure that your document doesn't contain unsightly or confusing text breaks.
For instance, when you enter a date such as January 15, 2000, you want to make sure Word doesn't place January and 15 on different lines.
In contrast to the dots that Word uses to denote normal spaces in Show mode, Word represents a nonbreaking space with a degree symbol.
members.cox.net /jerryt/OfficeTips.htm   (457 words)

  
 Writing SI units and symbols
Follow a number by a space, then the prefix name and unit name spelled out entirely in lower case and without spaces: four megahertz, 2.2 microfarads, 3.5 megahertz, 75 ohms.
To avoid the confusion of two hyphens when a negative number is involved, as in -12-volt power, use a space instead of a second hyphen.
Separate the last digit from the unit with a nonbreaking space; this will prevent clumsy line breaks.
www.poynton.com /notes/units   (1285 words)

  
 HTML is no TML
Some people like extra space at the end of a sentence.  To them, text without this extra space looks crowded; that's why, even in pure character documents, writers often use two space characters between sentences.
Unless the author explicitly requests French spacing, I used to emulate proper spacing using sequences of an ISO 8859­1 non­breaking space (and#160;) that I heard about on USENET a few years ago, and a typewritten (and hence, accidentally, wider) space ( ). 
text of two spaces is out of the question, since cutting and pasting the displayed text from a bitmapped browser will capture neither the alt text nor (of course) the intended white space.
kbs.cs.tu-berlin.de /~jutta/ht/html-is-no-tml.html   (855 words)

  
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The supported formatting options are Italics Bold Strikethrough Hidden text Bookmarks Fields Non-breaking spaces Footnotes M-dashes The conversion also adds tabs in the beginning of each paragraph when converting from Word to Palm and strips them when converting from Palm to Word.
The notation (lowercase only, no extra spaces) is: ~ Creates nonbreaking space.
A space after a sectionsign or paragraph sign is automatically converted into nonbreaking space.
www.iulaw.indy.indiana.edu /instructors/Georgakopoulos/Prof/PalmToWordMarkupLanguage.doc   (681 words)

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