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Oraceomio
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February 13, 2023
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InDesign adds automatically a space within a number

  • February 13, 2023
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In a text I neeed to write the number 1123. InDesign automatically writes 1 123, adding a space between the first two digits, no matter how often I delete the space. Presumeably it wants to separate the thousands from the hundreds. Is there a possibility to stop this automatism?

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Scott Falkner
Scott Falkner
Community Expert
February 14, 2023

Is this happening for every first two digits in a four digit sequence or only when there are two ones next to each other? I suspect the font you are using, like most fonts, uses uniform spacing for numbers, also called Tabular Lining. This means each digit takes up the same amount of space which makes it easy to align numbers in a table. If you have two 1s next to each other then there will appear to be extra space between them.

    Robert at ID-Tasker
    Robert at ID-Tasker
    Brainiac
    February 14, 2023

    But it's a physical space - extra character that can be deleted - not virtual one... 

     

    Scott Falkner
    Scott Falkner
    Community Expert
    February 14, 2023

    Is it? According to the initial post it seems so, but that seems implausible. 

    Robert at ID-Tasker
    Robert at ID-Tasker
    Brainiac
    February 14, 2023

    Someone added this number to Autocorrect ??

     

     

      Willi Adelberger
      Willi Adelberger
      Community Expert
      February 13, 2023

      Kannst du uns eine Beispieldatei zukommen lassen? Ich vermute, dass eine GREP-Formatierung dahinter liegt.

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      Peter Kahrel
      Community Expert
      February 13, 2023

      It's possible that there's a GREP style in your paragraph style that adds the space. Can you check that?

      Peter Spier
      Peter Spier
      Community Expert
      February 13, 2023

      Ummm.....

      A grep style coiuld add tracking, but not an actual deletable space.

       

      Without seeing a sample file, or at the very least a screen capture with invisibles showing, we're just spinning our wheels speculating.

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      Peter Kahrel
      Community Expert
      February 14, 2023

      > A grep style could add tracking, but not an actual deletable space.

       

      Yes, I meant 'create space by tracking'.

      Peter Spier
      Peter Spier
      Community Expert
      February 13, 2023

      Can you share a sample file where this happens, please? To the best of my knowledge InDesign has no sort of automatic number formating ability beyond possibly some auto-correct entry which would be number-specific..

      James Gifford—NitroPress
      James Gifford—NitroPress
      Brainiac
      February 13, 2023

      Is it possibly number auto-formatting associated with language or region preference? I don't know what language preference uses a space instead of the (US/Euro) comma, but it might be worth checking.

       

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      OraceomioAuthor
      New Participant
      February 13, 2023

      Here is Austria, a German speaking country - and we have 4-digit zip codes without space.

      That snot theonly strange thing happening. My guess is that something gets confused in the computer memory. Sometimes text fragments appear here and there, or previously added words disappear when loading a file again.

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