Text - Creating a "Hard Space"

Is there a way to create a “Hard Space” in Lotus Notes?

For example if I have a table with a label as shown:

Requester Phone #

+1 800 123-4567

and for whatever reason the table is resized (say printed) you get:

Requester Phone

+1 800 123-4567

I would like to put a hard space in between Phone and Number so when it prints we get this instead

Requester

Phone #

+1 800 123-4567

Thanks, I’m sure it’s either EASY or not possible. :slight_smile:

Subject: Text - Creating a “Hard Space”

when I view this posting via a web browser (IE7) I do not see any difference between table 2 and table 3

Subject: RE: Text - Creating a “Hard Space”

Oops, you would be correct… I will modify it so it looks like what I mean on the web.

Subject: Text - Creating a “Hard Space”

As far as I know (and unfortunately, I know a lot about rich text), there is no support in Lotus Notes for hard spaces such as you describe. Sorry.

Subject: RE: Text - Creating a “Hard Space”

Well, it’s good to know I wasn’t missing something obvious. Thanks for the reply.

Subject: Text - Creating a “Hard Space”

why not try it in MIMEEntry. maybe in that way, you can use css to control the style of the table!

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Always willing to try something new, but I’m not a 100% to do what you’re suggesting. I’m guessing you using MIME either in a Rich Text Field? I’m not generating the table. If this is NOT what you mean, please explain a bit more.

We are using the Lotus Notes Client and I’ve got a tab table with subforms with tables in them.

In my case what I have is field followed by Phone # and in the cases the field have is too long for the cell I want Phone # to wrap as a unit instead of between Phone and number.

Clearly I could just place Phone # on a line by itself… OR

I could make it a part of the string and use some sort of fomula to say if the lenght is greater than X have a newline to get the same sort of effect.

I was just wondering if there was a simpler solution like Hard Space in a Word Processor.

Subject: RE: Text - Creating a “Hard Space”

Presuming you are on Windows, try using the old trick, and use the value 255.(i.e. Hold down the key, and press 2 5 5 on the numberic keypad)

Example : (This works if you are viewing this forum in the Notes Client. I don’t know if you’ll see a difference on the web.)

Normal space between the b’s and c’s:

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa bbbbbbbbbbb cccccccccc

Using the 255 character between the b’s and c’s :

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa bbbbbbbbbbb cccccccccc

Subject: THANKS - ALT-255 Worked

Thanks Graham, worked like a charm.