You have opened a project. You have opened the Settings: Connection numbering dialog (for example by using File > Settings > Projects > "Project name" > Connections > Connection numbering). You have selected a user-defined scheme in the dialog Settings: Connection numbering and have selected the Designation tab. You have selected an entry in the Format groups field and clicked (Edit), or you have clicked (New).
Select a format element of the type "Separator" in the Available format elements list of the dialog Connection numbering: Formats dialog and move it to the Selected format elements list by using the arrow button.
In this dialog you specify the formatting for a separator in the format group.
Overview of the main dialog elements:
You can specify the following characters as separators:
- Blank
- Line break
- Other characters: After selecting this option, enter the desired character combination in the input field. Any digits, letters, and special characters can be used, with the exception of #, <, and >. However, these characters can be entered with a preceding slash (\).
If you have selected a space or a line break as a separator you can specify here the number of characters. The separator can consist of multiple spaces or line breaks. If you select Other characters this field is grayed out and displays the specified number of characters.
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