How can I prevent a line break in an ellipse
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From: Chuck on 23 Apr 2010 19:05 I am writing an academic paper. The professor insists that there be no line break in an ellipse, as in "there we went. . . .down the lane.
From: Jay Freedman on 23 Apr 2010 22:02 On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:05:01 -0700, Chuck <Chuck(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >I am writing an academic paper. The professor insists that there be no line >break in an ellipse, as in "there we went. . . .down the lane. By default there is an AutoCorrect entry that will convert three periods into a single character, Unicode character 2026 (hex). You shouldn't have to do anything special to get that. If you must put in that character manually, the default shortcut for it is Ctrl+Alt+. (that is, hold down the Ctrl and Alt keys while you press the period key once). -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 23 Apr 2010 22:10 Reportedly some publishers prefer the usual spaced periods to the ellipsis character. In such instances, you can put nonbreaking spaces (Ctrl+Shift+Space) between the periods and regular spaces before and after; this has the advantage of allowing the line to break before or after an ellipsis, which is not possible with the single character, which is nonbreaking. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman(a)verizon.net> wrote in message news:h4k4t5thpasqqemku0q5bmvvas4tlk7adn(a)4ax.com... > On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:05:01 -0700, Chuck > <Chuck(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > >>I am writing an academic paper. The professor insists that there be no >>line >>break in an ellipse, as in "there we went. . . .down the lane. > > By default there is an AutoCorrect entry that will convert three > periods into a single character, Unicode character 2026 (hex). You > shouldn't have to do anything special to get that. If you must put in > that character manually, the default shortcut for it is Ctrl+Alt+. > (that is, hold down the Ctrl and Alt keys while you press the period > key once). > > -- > Regards, > Jay Freedman > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup > so all may benefit. >
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