FWIW, LibreOffice automatically inserts an actual Unicode NO-BREAK SPACE when I type ":" at the end of a word (if the language is set for French of course). If I insert an actual SPACE and then hit ":", it even replaces the SPACE with a NO-BREAK SPACE.
I'd be surprised MS Word doesn't do the same. No need for a "true" typesetting solution.
I'd be surprised MS Word doesn't do the same. No need for a "true" typesetting solution.