Specifying NBSP Rendering

NBSP are non-breaking space symbols that appear in a document to prevent line break at their position. For example, you can see NBSP in image elements in DITA topics.

When you open a document in the WYSIWYG mode, NBSP are rendered by default as small circles . You can change the view of NBSP to show them just as spaces.

  1. Call up the Preferences Dialog.

    To call up the Preferences Dialog, choose Tools > Preferences .

  2. Select the Tag Style tab.

    Figure 1. Tag Style tab.



  3. Set the NBSP option:
    1. To show NBSP as small circles, check the Show non-breakable spaces as circles checkbox.
    2. To show NBSP as spaces, uncheck the Show non-breakable spaces as circles checkbox.
  4. Click the Apply button to apply the settings.
  5. Click the Close button to close the dialog.
  6. Press F4 to reload the document.
Related tasks
Specifying Context Hints Settings
Specifying Large Document Folding Rules
Specifying Tag Style
Specifying Document Background Color
Inserting NBSP Symbols