I think MS Word used to know the unbreaking dash (I believe it was still
featured in Word97?) but this valuable function has disapeared in the newer
versions. The non-breaking Em- or En-dash is needed when typing for instance
German texts, in which the Em -or En-dash is often followed by comma, full
stop, colon, or semicolon; this applies also to at least older English
literature too, I think. The absence of non-breaking dash in MSWord is really
a nuisance when one would like to cite such texts accurately. So the
non-breaking Em- or En-dash IS NOT THE SAME AS non-breaking hyphen. Therefore
I'm sorry to say that this thread has not been very useful with regard to the
question concerning the non-breaking DASH.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" kirjoitti:

This is a bugger, isn't it? I've sometimes used the minus sign (glyph 2212)
for this. It's a trifle higher (at least in TNR) but the same width, and
ISTR that it's nonbreaking.

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"Robert M. Franz" wrote in message
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Hi all

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen.

Does anyone off-hand remember whether there's a non-breaking en-dash (at
least in my mother tongue, I really should use an en-dash for that sort
of hyphen ...).

Greetinx
.bob
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