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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">Hi,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">The structure in the example works fine, but only if there</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">is nor a dot neither a space in the string (dot: output is</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">interrupted, space: will be ignored).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">What do I have to change to set also dot and spaces correctly?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">TIA</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">Jürgen</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">\documentclass{scrartcl}</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">\usepackage{tikz}</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> \makeatletter</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> \newlength{\jgTikZ <at> xcoord}%</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> \newlength{\jgTikZ <at> ycoord}%</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> \setlength{\jgTikZ <at> xcoord}{0cm}%</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> \setlength{\jgTikZ <at> ycoord}{0cm}%</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> \newcommand\TikZsetcharacters[1]{%</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> \begingroup\jgTikZ <at> WORD#1.\endgroup%</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> }%</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> \def\jgTikZ <at> WORD#1{%</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> \ifx#1.\let\next\relax\else\jgTikZ <at> Word{#1}\let\next=\jgTikZ <at> WORD\fi%</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> \next%</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> }%</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> \newcommand\jgTikZ <at> Word[1]{%</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> \node at (\jgTikZ <at> xcoord,\jgTikZ <at> ycoord) {#1};%</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> \addtolength{\jgTikZ <at> xcoord}{1cm}%</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> }%</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> \makeatother</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">\begin{document}</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">\begin{tikzpicture}</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">\TikZsetcharacters{Test}</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">\end{tikzpicture}</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">\newcommand{\test}{Test}</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">\begin{tikzpicture}</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">\TikZsetcharacters{\test}</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">\end{tikzpicture}</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">\end{document}</FONT>
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