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. In CS3 and later, the Nonbreaking space has the same flexible width as the spacebar, but prevents the line from breaking at the space character. 2. Prevents the line from breaking at the space character but does not adjust its width in justified text. (This is how the Nonbreaking Space works in CS2.) Thin Space 3. The Flush Space is only applicable in lines that are width = 1/8 em space fully justified. In left-, right-, or center-aligned lines, the Flush Space acts like a normal space. Hair Space Visit us at InDesignSecrets.com width = 1/24 em space Twitter: @indesignsecrets ©2008–2012 Publishing Secrets, Inc. The InDesignSecrets Guide to Special Characters in Adobe InDesign 2 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. Also available from InDesignSecrets.com Guide to OpenType Fractions InDesign Keyboard Shortcuts Which of the free OpenType fonts All of InDesign’s keyboard that are installed with Adobe shortcuts (many of which InDesign have an “intelligent don’t appear in the menus) fractions” feature? See for yourself are sorted into logical in this handy 4-page PDF. groupings in our 18” by 26” Cost: Free full-color posters. Available for CS2 through CS5. Get it: http://indesignsecrets.com/ download-our-guide-to-opentype- Cost: $15.00 fractions.php Get it: http://indesignsecrets. com/indesign-poster-details/.