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Typographical Notes
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novelWriter has some support for typographical symbols that are not usually easily available in many
text editors. This includes for instance the proper unicode quotation marks, dashes, ellipsis, thin
spaces, etc. All these symbols are available from the :guilabel:`Insert` menu, and via keyboard
shortcuts. See :ref:`a_ui_shortcuts_ins`.
novelWriter has some support for typographical symbols that are not usually easily available in
many text editors. This includes for instance the proper unicode quotation marks, dashes, ellipsis,
thin spaces, etc. All these symbols are available from the :guilabel:`Insert` menu, and via
keyboard shortcuts. See :ref:`a_ui_shortcuts_ins`.
This chapter provides some additional information on how novelWriter handles these symbols.
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With the auto-replace feature enabled (see :ref:`a_ui_edit_auto`), multiple hyphens are converted
automatically to short and long dashes, and three dots to ellipsis. The last auto-replace can always
be reverted with the undo command :kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Z`, reverting the text to what you typed before
the automatic replacement occurred.
automatically to short and long dashes, and three dots to ellipsis. The last auto-replace can
always be reverted with the undo command :kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Z`, reverting the text to what you typed
before the automatic replacement occurred.
Single and Double Quotes
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can be selected as auto-replaced symbols for straight single and double quote key strokes. The
settings can be found in the :guilabel:`Preferences`.
Ordinarily, text wrapped in quotes are highlighted by the editor. This is meant as a convenience for
highlighting dialogue between characters. This feature can be disabled in the
Ordinarily, text wrapped in quotes are highlighted by the editor. This is meant as a convenience
for highlighting dialogue between characters. This feature can be disabled in the
:guilabel:`Preferences` if this feature isn't wanted.
The editor distinguishes between text wrapped in straight quotes and with the user-selected double
quote symbols. This is to help the writer recognise which parts of the text are not using the chosen
quote symbols. Two convenience functions in the :guilabel:`Format` menu can be used to re-format a
selected section of text with the correct quote symbols.
quote symbols. This is to help the writer recognise which parts of the text are not using the
chosen quote symbols. Two convenience functions in the :guilabel:`Format` menu can be used to
re-format a selected section of text with the correct quote symbols.
.. _Quotation Mark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark
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space. For numbers and units, this should in addition be a non-breaking space, that is, the text
wrapping should not add a line break on this particular space.
A regular space can also be made into a non-breaking space.
A regular space can also be made into a non-breaking space if needed.
All non-breaking spaces are highlighted with a differently coloured packground. The colour will
depend on the selected colour theme.
All non-breaking spaces are highlighted with a differently coloured background to make it easier to
spot them in the text. The colour will depend on the selected colour theme.
The thin and non-breaking spaces are converted to their corresponding HTML codes on export to HTML
format. For plain text, they are exported as regular spaces.