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The OK button is a screen capture directly from the Word dialog box. The Tab was created by downloading a free Keystroke font then inserting the appropriate symbol from that font. The effects you see in point #3 above were created like this. Okay, first, let me deliver the bad news before I make a couple of suggestions. I’m looking for a way to change the font style so that it happens automatically when the character style is changed. But, then MS Word thinks there is a spelling error. PS: I can “hack” this by manually “adding extra spaces” as needed. My style shows the left border nearly on top of the first character and I’d like maybe 3 or more spaces in advance so that the word is properly centered on the button. So, my question is, how do I “add space” both before the first character and after the last character (not in between the characters, as would be the case with expanded font spacing). I can not get this effect and my buttons are squished closed to the border.

You have a similar effect in item #3 above, with your “Tab” and “OK” buttons and it appears perfectly. I have created a character style called “button” where the font has a border around the word.

I can’t seem to find the answer elsewhere online.

But, I had a question that I thought you may be able to help. I learned a few things about kerning and ligatures.

Select the picture of an office dialog box launcher.