I don't think it would work, but I don't know. I picked up the trick
somewhere else and don't know anything about the inner workings of it. I
would point out, though, that it does not change the keypad to hex. It
merely adds the capability. So all the old Left-Alt+xxx ASCII? key
combinations work, i.e. you don't type the plus sign and there is a
limit of three characters. So I don't think the 4-digit code you listed
would work.
Mike Wickham
On 7/2/2013 1:49 AM, Shmuel Wolfson wrote:
2008 hex is 8200 decimal. Instead of changing your keypad to hex, can
you use 8200?
Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson
Technical Writer
052-763-7133
On 01-Jul-13 11:48 PM, Mike Wickham wrote:
First, if you haven't already, you need to turn on the unicode
keypad. It's turned off in Windows by default. Use regedit to find
the key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Input Method". Right-click
on it, choose New and then String to create a new string called
"EnableHexNumpad" with a value of "1". (Don't type the quotes.)
REBOOT. Don't forget to reboot!
Now, you will be able to type unicode characters by holding down the
left-alt key and simultaneously pressing the plus sign on the keypad,
and then (while still holding down the left-alt key) enter the
unicode character. Then release the left-alt key. (Note that the
right-alt key does not work for this.)
So, for your example you would hold down your Left-Alt key, and then
(simultaneously) on the numeric pad:
press +
press 2
press 0
press 0
press 8
and then release the Alt key. Some Unicode characters have the hex
letters a to f in them. Simply enter them from the main keyboard
(while still holding down the Left-Alt key).
PLEASE NOTE that the punctuation space that you want to enter will
ONLY appear if the font you are using contains it as a defined
character. (Most fonts do not.)
Mike Wickham
Now a new question: I thought there was a way to insert a space
that's the width of punctuation, such as a period or comma (similar
to Esc spacebar m for em space, Esc spacebar t for thin space,
etc.). I found the Unicode for it is x2008. I've tried (and had
other people) try this, holding down Alt and typing 2008 on the
numeric keypad. We get a character that looks like a long equal sign
with a vertical line through it.
Does anyone know how to create a punctuation space in FrameMaker?
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