Node type: Element (may contain text and/or other elements)
Whitespace: Not protected
Marks the location of a punctuation space (a space the width of a period).
{empty}
<topic>
<title paraID="5">Totals for 2006</title>
<para paraID="6">623<punc/>03</para>
<para paraID="7"><fig/>18<punc/>72</para>
<para paraID="8">909<punc/>16</para>
</topic>
| 623 | 03 |
| 18 | 72 |
| 909 | 16 |
This element is empty in valid ldsXML documents. When an ldsXML document is transformed for print production in InDesign, a Unicode punctuation space character is inserted into this element. Upon export from InDesign, punctuation spaces marked with the punc element are deleted, and punc elements are left empty to mark the location of “protected” punctuation spaces for future production. “Unprotected” punctuation spaces (spaces not marked with punc elements) are converted to single space characters.
See Whitespace handling standards in InDesign for more information.
Enter the Unicode character (highlight the text string “2008” and type Alt-X), or enter the XML form (<punc/>) directly using the xmlChar character style.