Re: MS Word Sticky Space

["Prof. John P. Ertel (wizard)" <jpe@USNA.EDU>]

John Howell has now identified himself as one of the very cultured
physicists that uses a MAC.  In the case of the "STICKY SPACE", this
"ASCII character" is obtained in the following way (assuming you have NOT
done any clever reprogramming of your K/B)
     ^s(sticky space)    MAC    Option-Space
     ^s(sticky space)  WINtell     Alt-Space

Unfortunately for our WINtel colleagues, there does not seem (at this
point) to be any standard mapping between the "higher ASCII number"
characters from MAC to WINtell.  On the MAC, almost all characters in the
higher ASCII numbers are obtained by simultaneously pushing the Option key
and some other key (upper or lower case).  On WINtell computers, it
seems that very few of the higher ASCII number characters can be obtained
directly by keystroke or combinations of keystrokes.

I am currently in a project trying to form a good combination of Times &
Symbol (similar to the comercial font Thompson) or Helvetica & Symbol
(similar to the comercial font Haber) but with all higher ASCII number
characters formed by using the Alt-key in combination with another
standard key.

Unfortunately, it seems that there are some serious restrictions to this
caused by all of the WINDOWS OS's.  If anyone knows how to sidestep this
problem, I would greatly appreciate hearing about your solution?!

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On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, John Howell wrote:

> > > Does MS Word 97 have what I think is called a sticky
> > > space? When I write a number with units, sometimes on
> > > the word wrap the number becomes separated from the
> > > units; the number is at the end of one line and the units
> > > at the begining of the next. Can this be eliminated or do I
> > > just have to hand correct those instances?  I really want
> > > the number and units on the same page. I tried using the
> > > help page, but to no avail. Thanks.
> >
> > On my computer, holding down the option key when I hit the space bar
> > gives me what you're calling a sticky space.  I think I've seen it
> > called a "hard space" elsewhere, so you might search for that term if
> > you need to look further for support.
> >
> > Good luck - John

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