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.. _docs_more_typographical:
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Typographical Notes
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.. _Prime: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_(symbol)
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.. _thin space: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_space
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.. _Quotation Mark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark
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.. _Modifier letter apostrophe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modifier_letter_apostrophe
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novelWriter has some support for typographical symbols that are not usually easily available in
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many text editors. This includes for instance the proper unicode quotation marks, dashes, ellipsis,
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thin spaces, etc. All these symbols are available from the **Insert** menu, and via
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keyboard shortcuts. See :ref:`docs_features_shortcuts_insert`.
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This chapter provides some additional information on how novelWriter handles these symbols.
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Dashes and Ellipsis
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With the auto-replace feature enabled (see :ref:`docs_ui_edit_view_auto`), two and three hyphens
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are converted automatically to short and long dashes, four hyphens to a horizontal bar, and three
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dots to ellipsis.
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.. tip::
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The last auto-replace can always be reverted with the undo command :kbd:`Ctrl+Z`, reverting the
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text to what you typed before the automatic replacement occurred.
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In addition, "Figure Dash" is available. The Figure Dash is a dash that has the same width as the
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numbers of the same font, for most fonts. It helps to align numbers nicely in columns when you need
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to use a dash in them.
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Single and Double Quotes
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All the different quotation marks listed on the `Quotation Mark`_ Wikipedia page are available, and
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can be selected as auto-replaced symbols for straight single and double quote key strokes. The
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settings can be found in **Preferences**.
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If your text contains straight single and double quotes, there are two convenience functions in the
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**Format** menu that can be used to re-format a selected section of text with the correct quote
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symbols.
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You can enable dialogue recognition and colour highlighting for novel documents.
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See :ref:`docs_features_dialogue` for more details.
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Single and Double Prime
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Both single and double prime symbols are available in the **Insert** menu. These symbols
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are the correct symbols to use for unit symbols for feet, inches, minutes, and seconds. The usage
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of these is described in more detail on the Wikipedia Prime_ page. They look very similar to single
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and double straight quotes, and may be rendered similarly by the font, but they have different
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codes. Using these correctly will also prevent the auto-replace and dialogue highlighting features
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misunderstanding their meaning in the text.
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.. _docs_more_typographical_symbols_apostrophe:
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Modifier Letter Apostrophe
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The auto-replace feature will consider any right-facing single straight quote as a quote symbol,
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even if it is intended as an apostrophe. This also includes the syntax highlighter, which may
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assume the first following apostrophe is the closing symbol of a single quoted region of text.
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To get around this, an alternative apostrophe is available. It is a special Unicode character that
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is not categorised as punctuation, but as a modifier. It is usually rendered the same way as the
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right single quotation marks, depending on the font. There is a Wikipedia article for the
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`Modifier letter apostrophe`_ with more details.
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.. note::
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On export with the **Build Manuscript** tool, these apostrophes will be replaced
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automatically with the corresponding right hand single quote symbol as is generally recommended.
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Therefore it doesn't really matter if you only use them to correct syntax highlighting in some
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places, and not others.
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White Space Symbols
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A few variations of the regular space character is supported. The correct typographical way to
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separate a number from its unit is with a `thin space`_. It is usually 2/3 the width of a regular
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space. For numbers and units, this should in addition be a non-breaking space, that is, the text
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wrapping should not add a line break on this particular space.
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A regular space can also be made into a non-breaking space if needed.
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All non-breaking spaces are highlighted with a differently coloured background to make it easier to
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spot them in the text. The colour will depend on the selected colour theme.
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You can insert these spaces in your text using the following keyboard combinations:
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* A non-breaking space can be inserted with :kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`Space`.
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* Thin spaces are also supported, and can be inserted with :kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`Shift+Space`.
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* Non-breaking thin space can be inserted with :kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`Ctrl+Space`.
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These are all insert features, and the **Insert** menu has more. The keyboard shortcuts for them
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are also listed in :ref:`docs_features_shortcuts`.
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