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10. It happens. My section on this issue in Word is part of a long long Word file

Reply to EarlG (Reply #7)

Sun Oct 29, 2023, 11:36 AM

Oct 2023

and I accidentally replaced all spaces in the entire file with #nbsp; (# = &). Something like 433,000 replacements! It hung Word for 10 minutes. (I thought I had selected the table first but I hadn't selected anything).

Fortunately my previous saved copy was very recent. And I found other productive use for those 10 minutes, so all is good.

Thanks much again

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Thanks for monospace font. But I still can't make a decent table because 2 or more spaces in a row [View all] progree Oct 2023 OP

Have you tried #ensp; and #emsp; ? sl8 Oct 2023 #1

Thanks for reply. If I have trouble with #nbsp; again, I will try those codes progree Oct 2023 #9

The nbsp hack should work EarlG Oct 2023 #2

Thanks for your reply. But I can't read your HTML code, all I see is a semicolon: progree Oct 2023 #4

Yeah I messed up EarlG Oct 2023 #7

It happens. My section on this issue in Word is part of a long long Word file progree Oct 2023 #10

Here's an example of your table using that technique EarlG Oct 2023 #5

Lovely. Thanks :) /nt progree Oct 2023 #8

One other thing to bear in mind EarlG Oct 2023 #11

May I suggest an ugly hack? Take a screenshot of your table and post it as an image. usonian Oct 2023 #3

Thanks much. I've used IMGUR to post a lot of tables, I'm just hoping not to have to do that progree Oct 2023 #6

+1 (rec) I use this method. discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2023 #12

Indeed, many complaints here involve quirks of browser (mis)behavior. usonian Oct 2023 #13