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After unbreakable spaces, the unbreakable [DASH, NOT HYPHEN!!]
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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Robert M. Franz" wrote in message ... 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 -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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As I pointed out, the minus sign can be used for a non-breaking en dash. I
don't know of any way to get a nonbreaking em dash (unless it is present in "large" Unicode fonts). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Unbreakable?" wrote in message ... 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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Robert M. Franz" wrote in message ... 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 -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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Thank you very much, and sorry for being too rash about what you suggested: I
mean I just read your messages again and tried the "glyph 2212" and you're right, it does provide us with a non-breaking En-dash (its being "a trifle higher" is no problem, nor is the absence of non-breaking Em-dash). It took a while for me to discover the glyph through "Insert - Symbol - etc." and how the shortcut works, but I did. Thanks again! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" kirjoitti: As I pointed out, the minus sign can be used for a non-breaking en dash. I don't know of any way to get a nonbreaking em dash (unless it is present in "large" Unicode fonts). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Unbreakable?" wrote in message ... 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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Robert M. Franz" wrote in message ... 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 -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |