Insert a nonbreaking hyphen in word the lockergnome daily. It comes useful in situations when at the end of the line, a space is required without breaking the line. An alternative way of inserting a non breaking space is to follow these steps. Id love to hear about the differences between canadian french and french punctuation marks customs. By the way, can you tell me why i cannot enlarge the fonts of this website. We see suggestions that using a nonbreaking space will help but it doesnt. How to insert special characters in microsoft word. There is also a nonbreaking hyphen that i use quite a bit when you want something like the word nonbreaking to be kept together. By zooming in on the document making the text larger i was able to see when the space was highlighted and then copied it easily. This allows the space to expandcontract with justification so that all spaces on a line have the same width.
May 16, 2011 the nonbreaking space is very useful and i use it all the time. For example, if the number 5555555 falls at the end of the line, word may move part of the. Three simple ways to keep word text together techrepublic. In the microsoft words vocabulary there circles are called nonbreaking spaces or nonbreaking spaces and, fortunately, it is easy to use findreplace to get rid of them all at once. Nonbreaking spaces in word 2010 the it training surgery. You can keep that phrase or name together by inserting a non breaking space. A nonbreaking space tells word not to put a line break between a. Knowing how to work with nonbreaking spaces in microsoft word is crucial for editors, translators, and designers. This bug was filed before the changes to bugzilla on 20111016. This appears as a space but word considers the words either side as part of a single word. Additionally, i want to replace these characters with standard space. A non breaking space also known as a hard space prevents line breaking.
Adding repeating words or phrases to the custom dictionary. The solution in this case is to use the windows character map to copy the value to the clipboard, and paste it from there. The nonbreaking space is very useful and i use it all the time. I would like to ask you how to insert a nonbreking hyphen in word 2011 for mac. My recently departed, latelamented, and highly dedicated word processor let you insert a hard space that kept the words around it together, so if you wrote josehard spacepublic, jose and public wouldnt be split at the end of a line if that was where the phrase happened to fall. According to the official documentation, all a non breaking space does is to prohibit breaking on it, but for the rest it should act as a regular space. On my ipad with ios 7 installed, i want to enter a nonbreaking space. With html, allows you to create multiple spaces that are visible on a web page and not only in the source code. The autoformat rule assumes that spaces are used either before or on both sides of dashes, and that text appears after or on both sides of hyphens. There are two possibilities to insert such a blank character into a document in microsoft word. I can input a nonbreaking space with optspace, and excel so far seems to treat it as a nonbreaking space, but its not great for readability in a formula, it looks just like any space. In word for windows, hold the ctrl and shift keys as you press the space bar. By default, word 2011 inserts 1 12 spaces between paragraphs.
Hidden, because many word users dont know it exists, or, if they know it exists, think that its just for fixing a typo like teh by changing it to the. Insert a nonbreaking space or hyphen office training. How to searchreplace normal spaces with nonbreaking spaces. Nonbreaking spaces the easy way cybertext newsletter. You can force word to consider a phrase as a single word using the nonbreaking or hard space shortcut. The answer is to use non breaking spaces instead of regular spaces when you dont want word to break a line at a certain space. Character design standards punctuation for latin 1. Bonus points for any answer that works consistently between windows and mac versions of excel but for this question, maconly is enough. Please apply the utility by clicking enterprise display setting. The elision character like a small underslung slur is in the engraverfontset again, in windows. I am not the lead developer for word, and i am not intimately.
Keyboard shortcuts for wordperfects cua windows keyboard. Textprocessing software typically assumes that an automatic line break may be inserted anywhere a space. Software like word or libreoffice and even indesign is in many respects anachronistic in. And they should be done on windows otherwise there is a mixture with. The resolution and hand control for my mouse was too crude. According to the official documentation, all a nonbreaking space does is to prohibit breaking on it, but for the rest it should act as a regular space. Dec 29, 2008 find spacemm, and replace with smm, finds all instances of mm followed by a comma and replaces the space with a nonbreaking space find spaceseptemberspace2008 with sseptembers2008 replaces spaces in a full datenotice there are two instances of s in this one. Well, inserting a normal non breaking space in word is in fact easy. Two hidden features in microsoft word save the semicolon. This leads word to spot any type of space the w is the code for blank space which means any type of space, even the nonbreaking ones i wonder if this is of any interest but anyway. I cant type a nonbreaking space in the search for box, but i can copypaste one there from the text. I guess i need to enumerate the paragraphs, but im not sure how to replace text in there. Click where you want to insert the nonbreaking space. On a mac, entering a non breaking space is very easy.
Use the power of autocorrect to save heaps of time. Non breaking spaces make sense in code, and it is important to preserve them to avoid buggy behavior with potentially bad consequences. A nonbreaking space is a character that has the same width as a word space but prevents an. Oct 17, 2009 as promised, here are a few more keyboard shortcuts for wordperfects standard windows keyboard also known as the cua, or common user access, keyboard. Use words nowidth optional break character to facilitate. Bonus points for any answer that works consistently between windows and mac versions of excel. Therefore, if a space appears before a hyphen, word replaces the hyphen with an en dash. So id like to replace these with some kind of thin spaces using a word vba script. The quickest way in word 2011 is to click the show all nonprinting. Entering nonbreaking spaces easily, while common on some systems os x, only exists in fullblown word processing applications word on others. In word processing and digital typesetting, a nonbreaking space, also called no break space, non breakable space nbsp, required space, hard space, or fixed space, is a space character that prevents an automatic line break at its position.
Jan 05, 2010 most coders also use it to collapse a series a space character into a single space. As a french speaker, i had a really hard time adapting to american space punctuation marks habits. Use words nowidth optional break character to facilitate wrapping. How to searchreplace normal spaces with nonbreaking. Are their other circumstances when nonbreaking spaces are usual. On the insert tab, in the symbols group, click symbol. Dear all, i thought non breaking space is getting the width of the.
The answer is to use nonbreaking spaces instead of regular spaces when you dont want word to break a line at a certain space. Typing a normal space in the replace field was simple, of course. You can define a grep style to locate a word followed by an em dash with or without spaces and. If text appears before a hyphen, word makes no change. As promised, here are a few more keyboard shortcuts for wordperfects standard windows keyboard also known as the cua, or common user access, keyboard. How to find and replace nonbreaking spaces in a text file. Non breaking space is smaller than regular space w. When i hit replace all it replaced 83 non breaking characters perfectly. T96666 make nonbreaking spaces nbsp visible in visualeditor. Ive tried entering the non breaking space both by ctrlshift space and by selecting it from the symbols dropdown menu. To do this, hold down the ctrl and shift keys as you press the spacebar. Keep the date month, day, year on the same line making it easier to read.
But theres so much more to autocorrect than just fixing common typos. You can keep that phrase or name together by inserting a nonbreaking space. Law office solution provides software training, webinars, and word templates and macros for law firms. It doesnt seem to recognize the nonbreaking space character or a. Hit ctrlf, which will open the search bar at the left of the text, and select the downarrow next to the little magnifying. This may be a prerequisite to a ve feature for inserting modifying nonbreaking spaces. How to find and replace special characters in microsoft word. Well, inserting a normal nonbreaking space in word is in fact easy. May 29, 2018 the answer is to use non breaking spaces instead of regular spaces when you dont want word to break a line at a certain space. This ensures that two terms will not be separated by a line break. Remove paragraph marks, spaces, non breaking spaces, hard spaces, etc. How to find and replace nonbreaking spaces in a text file showing of 3 messages.
Inserting a nonbreaking or hard space in word 2016 for pc. Entering non breaking spaces easily, while common on some systems os x, only exists in fullblown word processing applications word on others. For fixedwidth non breaking spaces you can use one of the other non breaking space characters eg narrow nobreak space. The semicolon pointvirgule is preceded by a nonbreaking thin space espace fine insecable and followed by a normal word space.
How to force single spacing in microsoft word for a mac. Most coders also use it to collapse a series a space character into a single space. A nonbreaking space also known as a hard space prevents line breaking. Nov 16, 2019 alternatively referred to as a fixed space or hard space, nbsp non breaking space is used in programming, and word processing to create a space in a line that cannot be broken by word wrap.
This prevents hyphenated words, such as a phone number, from breaking when the word falls at the end of a line. To make it thinner, try selecting the space and changing the font size. The string of characters including the non breaking spaces is about onefifth or onesixth the length of a full line. Alternatively referred to as a fixed space or hard space, nbsp nonbreaking space is used in programming, and word processing to create a space in a line that cannot be broken by word wrap. Three simple ways to keep word text together by susan harkins in microsoft office, in software on february 24, 2011, 5. Similar to the nonbreaking space, a nonbreaking hyphen prevents. For example, if the number 5555555 falls at the end of the line, word may move part of the number to the next line. In some formats, including html, it also prevents consecutive whitespace characters from collapsing into a single space.
Unless instructed otherwise, word processors as well as browsers and other software automatically assume. Word automatically breaks the text at a space or a hyphen at the end of a line. On my ipad with ios 7 installed, i want to enter a non breaking space. So in this post, ill teach you how to type them a nonbreaking space is a character that has the same width as a word space but prevents an undesirable line break. Keystrokes for navigation many of wordperfects cua keyboard shortcuts for navigating through a document will look familiar because theyre standard keystrokes used by most windows programs.
This may be a prerequisite to a ve feature for inserting modifying non breaking spaces. Feb 06, 2011 remove paragraph marks, spaces, non breaking spaces, hard spaces, etc. If i insert it through the special characters palette of mac, then it displays well in word 2011 for mac, but it doesnt display well on word for windows. Alternately, if a regular space already appears where the nonbreaking space should be inserted, select the regular space see figure 1. However, what if there is a glyph which could be an image provided for the nonbreaking space in your current font. Are their other circumstances when non breaking spaces are usual. An alternative way of inserting a nonbreaking space is to follow these steps. With kutools for word, users can quickly show or hide formatting marks such as spaces in document kutools for word, a handy addin, includes groups of tools to ease your work and enhance your ability of processing word document. However, what if there is a glyph which could be an image provided for the non breaking space in your current font. Insert a nonbreaking hyphen in word the lockergnome. If that doesnt work for you i think windows can be more restrictive about what characters you can enter in some cases, you can search by the character code. Inserting a nonbreaking space microsoft word word tips. Aug 30, 2007 word lets you insert nonbreaking hyphens. By the way, can you tell me why i cannot enlarge the fonts of.
When using copynpaste from a web site article into the latest windows version of libreoffice write many of the spaces are highlighted in gray nonbraking spaces. In his response to my post about the bug with nonbreaking spaces and postscript type 1 fonts in word 2004 yesterday, microsoft developer erik schwiebert writes. Nonbreaking spaces make sense in code, and it is important to preserve them to avoid buggy behavior with potentially bad consequences. Aug 16, 2016 knowing how to work with nonbreaking spaces in microsoft word is crucial for editors, translators, and designers. Apr 17, 2018 the autoformat rule assumes that spaces are used either before or on both sides of dashes, and that text appears after or on both sides of hyphens. In word processing and digital typesetting, a nonbreaking space, also called nobreak.
To keep two words or a hyphenated word together on one line, you can use a nonbreaking space or nonbreaking hyphen instead of a regular space or hyphen. Alternatively referred to as a fixed space or hard space, nbsp non breaking space is used in programming, and word processing to create a space in a line that cannot be broken by word wrap. In word processing and digital typesetting, a nonbreaking space, also called nobreak space, nonbreakable space nbsp, required space, hard space, or fixed space, is a space character that prevents an automatic line break at its position. Make nonbreaking spaces nbsp visible in visualeditor. In word processing and digital typesetting, a non breaking space, also called nobreak space, non breakable space nbsp, required space, hard space, or fixed space, is a space character that prevents an automatic line break at its position. For fixedwidth nonbreaking spaces you can use one of the other nonbreaking space characters eg narrow nobreak space. Writing guides, such as the chicago manual of style, generally suggest that a manuscript should have no widows and orphans even if the result of avoiding them is additional space at the bottom of a page or column. Is there a hard rule for this, or it a matter of style. The spacing is too wide, especially when word expands the spaces to fit a sentence to the margins.