Dimension
X: Select text, then navigate to Window/Automation/Scripts and select "Convert Characters.scpt." (If this script is not installed on your computer, see a staff copy editor.)
Discretionary
hyphen: shift-command-hyphen (Place before word to prevent hyphenation or at the point you want the word to be hyphenated.)
Find/Change:
command
F
Thin
space: shift-command-option-M (To be used before end boxes, after bullets,
and to line up copy vertically.) For other "white spaces," navigate to Type/Insert White Space.
Fractions: Place the cursor where you want to insert a fraction. Navigate to Type/Glyphs. If the required fraction character is available, double-click it to add it to the text box. If a glyph is not available, close the glyphs window, highlight the numbers to be changed into a fraction, then navigate to Window/Automation/Scripts and select "Make Fractions.scpt." (If this script is not installed on your computer, see a staff copy editor.) If a designer needs to adjust spacing on the resulting fraction, make a note on the layout for the editor.
Spellcheck:
command-I
Soft
return:
shift
return
Open
quote
(“):
option-open
bracket
[
Close
quote
(”):
shift-option-open
bracket
[
Apostrophe
(’):
shift-option-close
bracket
]
Ellipsis
(…):
option-semicolon
Trademark
(™):
option
2
Registered
(®):
option
R
Adobe InDesign, SR8.1
Microsoft Word, SR8.2
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