The InDesignSecrets Guide to Special Characters in Adobe InDesign®
MAGNIFIED! These screen captures simulate 12 pt. type WHITE SPACE viewed at 800% zoom level for easier identification.
Normal Space Nonbreaking width = letterspace Space1 defined by typeface width = normal space
Em Space Nonbreaking width = pt. size of type Space (fixed (24pt type, 24pt wide) width)2
Punctuation En Space Space width = 1/2 em space width = period, colon, or exclamation point in current typeface
Figure Space Third Space width = numeral in width = 1/3 em space current typeface
Quarter Space Flush Space3 width = 1/4 em space width varies
Sixth Space Notes: width = 1/6 em space 1. The Flush Space is only applicable in lines that are fully justified. In left-, right-, or center-aligned lines, the Flush Space acts like a normal space.
Thin Space width = 1/8 em space
Hair Space Visit us at InDesignSecrets.com width = 1/24 em space Twitter: @indesignsecrets
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HYPHENS Inline End of line
Hard hyphen (entered manually) The thin vertical blue line in some of these examples is a portion of the frame edge Auto hyphen
Discretionary hyphen
By definition, nonbreaking Nonbreaking hyphen hyphens won’t appear at line breaks.
LINE BREAKS Inline End of line
By definition, forced line Forced line break breaks won’t appear inline.
Discretionary line break The InDesignSecrets Guide to Special Characters in Adobe InDesign 3
TEXT FLOW BREAKS
Paragraph Page Break Break (Return)
Odd Page Column Break Break
Even Page Frame Break Break
OTHER SPECIALS
End of text in End Nested this story Style
Tab Indent to Here
Custom Right Indent Anchored Tab Object
Non-joiner Split Footnote Used to separate Only visible when frame ligature characters edges are showing The InDesignSecrets Guide to Special Characters in Adobe InDesign 4
MARKERS Layout Story Editor
Index Marker
Hyperlink (Source) Default appearance
Text Anchor A type of hyperlink destination
Cross-Reference Source Default appearance
Cross-Reference Destination Source links to this paragraph text
Conditional Text Indicator color and style may vary
Hidden Conditional Text The InDesignSecrets Guide to Special Characters in Adobe InDesign 5
MARKERS continued Layout Story Editor
Inline Note Marker color may vary
Footnote Not shown: Footnote text in layout
Text Variable Shown is a Custom Text variable containing the text “db” and named DB
XML Tagged Text Marker color and tag labels may vary
Note: Some of the special characters shown in this guide are for features introduced in more recent versions of InDesign.
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