Soft hyphen
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From: degas1900 on 23 Mar 2010 16:32 I'm using Word 2007. In WordPerfect there is the ability to insert what is called a "soft hyphen" when an "either/or" word combo needs to be split after the slash but not show the hyphen. Example: the words vehicle/component appear at the end of a line but is too long and needs to be split after the slash. I do not want to manually put in a space after the slash because if I later edit the paragraph I'll have to remember to go back and take out the space. Does Word 2007 have the ability to insert this feature? If so, where in the heck is it on the ribbon or toolbar?
From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 23 Mar 2010 16:51 In the Symbol dialog, select the Special Characters tab and insert the No-Width Optional Break. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "degas1900" <degas1900(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:93183F0A-6807-49CF-991C-7F468BDAC679(a)microsoft.com... > I'm using Word 2007. In WordPerfect there is the ability to insert what > is > called a "soft hyphen" when an "either/or" word combo needs to be split > after > the slash but not show the hyphen. Example: the words vehicle/component > appear at the end of a line but is too long and needs to be split after > the > slash. I do not want to manually put in a space after the slash because > if I > later edit the paragraph I'll have to remember to go back and take out the > space. Does Word 2007 have the ability to insert this feature? If so, > where > in the heck is it on the ribbon or toolbar? >
From: Jay Freedman on 23 Mar 2010 17:06 Word calls it a "conditional" hyphen, and you insert it by pressing Ctrl and the hyphen key together. -- 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. On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:32:01 -0700, degas1900 <degas1900(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >I'm using Word 2007. In WordPerfect there is the ability to insert what is >called a "soft hyphen" when an "either/or" word combo needs to be split after >the slash but not show the hyphen. Example: the words vehicle/component >appear at the end of a line but is too long and needs to be split after the >slash. I do not want to manually put in a space after the slash because if I >later edit the paragraph I'll have to remember to go back and take out the >space. Does Word 2007 have the ability to insert this feature? If so, where >in the heck is it on the ribbon or toolbar?
From: Jay Freedman on 23 Mar 2010 17:36 Sorry, I didn't read all the way through the original post. Ignore... On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:06:25 -0400, Jay Freedman <jay.freedman(a)verizon.net> wrote: >Word calls it a "conditional" hyphen, and you insert it by pressing >Ctrl and the hyphen key together. -- 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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