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Hello,
I know how to create a non-breaking space, but I would like to know if there are other ways to connect the letters of a compound word or rather of two words separated by a dash – (Alt+0150).
The non-breaking space that joins two words works, but I have a regional abbreviation that must be connected by a dash, which leaves one letter on one line and two letters on the next line, which I find unesthetic. I tried using non-breaking spaces, but all it does is make the second line start with a space instead of the letter of the second part.
Example:
... region G. –
Î.-M.
We can make paragraphs linked, lines linked... why not linked words? I haven't found this option in Word, but I know it works well with the non-breaking space except when there is a dash (the non-breaking hyphen also exists... so maybe it's possible with the dash???) I even tried putting a non-breaking hyphen and then converting it into a dash (auto-correction), to no avail!
Someone else has had the same problem but did not get a response, here: https://forums.commentcamarche.net/forum/affich-345357-word-espace-insecable#p33426144
Thank you!
Configuration: Windows 7 / Chrome 49.0.2623.112
I know how to create a non-breaking space, but I would like to know if there are other ways to connect the letters of a compound word or rather of two words separated by a dash – (Alt+0150).
The non-breaking space that joins two words works, but I have a regional abbreviation that must be connected by a dash, which leaves one letter on one line and two letters on the next line, which I find unesthetic. I tried using non-breaking spaces, but all it does is make the second line start with a space instead of the letter of the second part.
Example:
... region G. –
Î.-M.
We can make paragraphs linked, lines linked... why not linked words? I haven't found this option in Word, but I know it works well with the non-breaking space except when there is a dash (the non-breaking hyphen also exists... so maybe it's possible with the dash???) I even tried putting a non-breaking hyphen and then converting it into a dash (auto-correction), to no avail!
Someone else has had the same problem but did not get a response, here: https://forums.commentcamarche.net/forum/affich-345357-word-espace-insecable#p33426144
Thank you!
Configuration: Windows 7 / Chrome 49.0.2623.112
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Hello,
This is no longer a Word question, but a typographic one concerning Unicode.
As long as Word recognizes Unicode and you use a Unicode font, you have access to a number of characters. However, the font is still a requirement since not all fonts, though they are Unicode, possess all characters in the world! It all depends on the typographer who designed it.
The non-breaking hyphen exists in Word, you can get it with Ctrl+8 (alpha keyboard).
If you want it to be larger, you can make two of them.
Then on the Unicode side, the hyphens range from 2010 to 2015. The non-breaking ones are the hyphen (2011) and the dash (2015, named Horizontal bar) which might suit you well.
m@rina
We are not fortune tellers: don't forget to indicate the version of the software you are using, and how you proceeded.
This is no longer a Word question, but a typographic one concerning Unicode.
As long as Word recognizes Unicode and you use a Unicode font, you have access to a number of characters. However, the font is still a requirement since not all fonts, though they are Unicode, possess all characters in the world! It all depends on the typographer who designed it.
The non-breaking hyphen exists in Word, you can get it with Ctrl+8 (alpha keyboard).
If you want it to be larger, you can make two of them.
Then on the Unicode side, the hyphens range from 2010 to 2015. The non-breaking ones are the hyphen (2011) and the dash (2015, named Horizontal bar) which might suit you well.
m@rina
We are not fortune tellers: don't forget to indicate the version of the software you are using, and how you proceeded.
Yes, indeed, it’s typography! Sorry!
However, do I need to have a particular font?
I am using Arial 11, I tried Ctrl+8 (alpha keyboard), it doesn’t work.
I can’t find how to insert Unicode characters directly (other than with the insertion window), I tried using 2015, then Alt + X, as indicated in the window, but it doesn’t work... neither with Alt + x + 2015, nor with Alt + 2015.
However, Unicode 2015 gives a horizontal line, too long. What I really need is the en dash (so half of the line).
I will reformulate the sentence (even if the text is not mine, so I suggest...) but for my personal curiosity, I would have liked to find...
In a previous topic:
https://forums.commentcamarche.net/forum/affich-33350278-saisie-des-symboles-a-l-aide-du-clavier#10
I insisted that you have to press Alt+C (and not, as Microsoft says, Alt+X)...
You even thanked me for this information!
m@rina