Non-breaking white spaces: is it possible?
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Hello!
Everything is in the title!
I'm using LibreOffice and (depending on the fonts) non-breaking spaces are automatically inserted for punctuation or quotation marks, for example. This suits me perfectly, but having gray spaces throughout the text is annoying.
However, I don't want to completely disable the function: I would like to continue to have non-breaking spaces automatically inserted, but in white.
I have searched forums and tried different things on my software, but nothing works.
Otherwise, I found the following trick to disable non-breaking spaces:
menu Tools --> Options
OpenOffice.org Writer --> Uncheck the Non-Breaking Space option.
(in my case LibreOffice Writer) but this method only allows that: pure and simple deactivation. It's either checked or unchecked. No additional options.
Any idea on how to make the spaces white?
Everything is in the title!
I'm using LibreOffice and (depending on the fonts) non-breaking spaces are automatically inserted for punctuation or quotation marks, for example. This suits me perfectly, but having gray spaces throughout the text is annoying.
However, I don't want to completely disable the function: I would like to continue to have non-breaking spaces automatically inserted, but in white.
I have searched forums and tried different things on my software, but nothing works.
Otherwise, I found the following trick to disable non-breaking spaces:
menu Tools --> Options
OpenOffice.org Writer --> Uncheck the Non-Breaking Space option.
(in my case LibreOffice Writer) but this method only allows that: pure and simple deactivation. It's either checked or unchecked. No additional options.
Any idea on how to make the spaces white?
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I wanted to do the same thing some time ago, but I realized that ultimately it would have been a very bad thing if I had succeeded because then how could we differentiate a normal space from a non-breaking space? Especially since it doesn't matter that it's gray since it stays white when printed.
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In truth, the text I am writing is not intended for printing. I write stories with several dozen chapters, which range from fifteen to forty pages per chapter depending on the story. Once online, non-breaking spaces will no longer be a problem, but I often reread my stories, both to pass the time and to check them, or to get back into the groove when I need to write the sequel. And those gray spaces obsess me!
I am absolutely not worried about no longer being able to differentiate between spaces; on the contrary, I know where they are placed, and if I have any doubts, if I think I have replaced my non-breaking space with a normal space during a correction, it will be very easy for me to replace it, without even questioning it.
I truly need non-breaking spaces to ensure that once online, the text maintains a good format, but I spend an enormous amount of time rereading and that is part of the joy of writing. Without those gray boxes, it would be perfect!
In my opinion, we would probably have to dig into the software's code to change that; they probably didn't consider that there would be a pesky person wanting to change that gray... too bad.
However, I should have to deal with XP
I just did a real technical check.
The trick:
Tools menu --> Options
OpenOffice.org Writer --> Uncheck the Non-breaking Space option
does indeed prevent DISPLAY but not the function itself. I just tested directly: my quotation marks do have invisible non-breaking spaces. But they are functional.
I am really, really sorry for all the lost time, I will modify my statement so that others can see the solution directly.
Thank you for your help!
Open LibreOffice Writer, go to Tools / Options
LibreOffice Writer -> "Formatting Aids"
Uncheck "Non-breaking spaces"
When a non-breaking space is created, it appears in white instead of grey.