Node type: Element (may contain text and/or other elements)
Whitespace: Not protected
Marks the location of an en space (a space half the width of an em space).
{empty}
<openingBlock>
<addressee>
<para paraID="12">50 East North Temple</para>
</addressee>
<addressee>
<para paraID="13">Salt Lake City, Utah<en/>84111</para>
</addressee>
</openingBlock>
50 East North Temple
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
An en space is wider than a regular space.
This element is empty in valid ldsXML documents. When an ldsXML document is transformed for print production in InDesign, a Unicode en space character is inserted into this element. Upon export from InDesign, all en spaces in the document are deleted and any en elements are left empty to mark the location of “protected” en spaces for future production. Unprotected en spaces (spaces not marked with xml tags) can also be inserted into the document to facilitate copy fitting.
See Whitespace handling standards in InDesign for more information.
Use the Special Characters tab of the Insert - Symbols menu to insert a Unicode en space. You can also highlight the text string “2002” and type Alt-X. Unicode en spaces are converted to the XML form (<en/>) on conversion. Or enter the XML form directly using the xmlChar character style.