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Negative numbers at end of line
When I type a line with a negative number like -4.00 at the end, Word will
break off the minus sign and leave it at the end of the line, and put the 4.00 on the next line. I can't figure how to keep Word from automatically splitting the minus sign from the number. If I catch it, I have to go in and add spaces in the line to put the minus sign back with the number at the beginning of the next line. Any suggestions? TIA |
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Use a non-breaking hyphen (CTRL+_ )
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Ruth Levinson wrote: When I type a line with a negative number like -4.00 at the end, Word will break off the minus sign and leave it at the end of the line, and put the 4.00 on the next line. I can't figure how to keep Word from automatically splitting the minus sign from the number. If I catch it, I have to go in and add spaces in the line to put the minus sign back with the number at the beginning of the next line. Any suggestions? TIA |
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Type a nonbreaking dash (Ctrl+Shift+hyphen) instead of a regular dash
before the number. Ruth Levinson wrote: When I type a line with a negative number like -4.00 at the end, Word will break off the minus sign and leave it at the end of the line, and put the 4.00 on the next line. I can't figure how to keep Word from automatically splitting the minus sign from the number. If I catch it, I have to go in and add spaces in the line to put the minus sign back with the number at the beginning of the next line. Any suggestions? TIA |
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Or you could use a minus sign (character 2212) instead. I also use this as a
substitute for an en dash when the dash wants to break at the end of a line. And I ordinarily use an en dash instead of a hyphen for a minus sign because it is the same width as the plus sign and the numerals. -- 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. "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... Type a nonbreaking dash (Ctrl+Shift+hyphen) instead of a regular dash before the number. Ruth Levinson wrote: When I type a line with a negative number like -4.00 at the end, Word will break off the minus sign and leave it at the end of the line, and put the 4.00 on the next line. I can't figure how to keep Word from automatically splitting the minus sign from the number. If I catch it, I have to go in and add spaces in the line to put the minus sign back with the number at the beginning of the next line. Any suggestions? TIA |
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Thanks so much to those of you who replied! That's just what I needed.
Ruth "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Or you could use a minus sign (character 2212) instead. I also use this as a substitute for an en dash when the dash wants to break at the end of a line. And I ordinarily use an en dash instead of a hyphen for a minus sign because it is the same width as the plus sign and the numerals. -- 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. "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... Type a nonbreaking dash (Ctrl+Shift+hyphen) instead of a regular dash before the number. Ruth Levinson wrote: When I type a line with a negative number like -4.00 at the end, Word will break off the minus sign and leave it at the end of the line, and put the 4.00 on the next line. I can't figure how to keep Word from automatically splitting the minus sign from the number. If I catch it, I have to go in and add spaces in the line to put the minus sign back with the number at the beginning of the next line. Any suggestions? TIA |
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Chuck -
I'm not seeing the hook with the 2212 character, or the Ctl-Shft-dash in Times New Roman. What character are you typing? "Chuck Davis" wrote: Ruth, look closely. On my version of Word 2003, the character was not a straight line when using Times New Roman, but a little drop on the end. It was correct with Verdana. "Ruth Levinson" wrote in message ... Thanks so much to those of you who replied! That's just what I needed. Ruth "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Or you could use a minus sign (character 2212) instead. I also use this as a substitute for an en dash when the dash wants to break at the end of a line. And I ordinarily use an en dash instead of a hyphen for a minus sign because it is the same width as the plus sign and the numerals. -- 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. "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... Type a nonbreaking dash (Ctrl+Shift+hyphen) instead of a regular dash before the number. Ruth Levinson wrote: When I type a line with a negative number like -4.00 at the end, Word will break off the minus sign and leave it at the end of the line, and put the 4.00 on the next line. I can't figure how to keep Word from automatically splitting the minus sign from the number. If I catch it, I have to go in and add spaces in the line to put the minus sign back with the number at the beginning of the next line. Any suggestions? TIA |
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It sounds to me like he's typing the "conditional hyphen" (Ctrl+Hyphen),
which, when nonprinting characters are displayed, is displayed as a ¬ (character 00AC). -- 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. "Ruth Levinson" wrote in message ... Chuck - I'm not seeing the hook with the 2212 character, or the Ctl-Shft-dash in Times New Roman. What character are you typing? "Chuck Davis" wrote: Ruth, look closely. On my version of Word 2003, the character was not a straight line when using Times New Roman, but a little drop on the end. It was correct with Verdana. "Ruth Levinson" wrote in message ... Thanks so much to those of you who replied! That's just what I needed. Ruth "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Or you could use a minus sign (character 2212) instead. I also use this as a substitute for an en dash when the dash wants to break at the end of a line. And I ordinarily use an en dash instead of a hyphen for a minus sign because it is the same width as the plus sign and the numerals. -- 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. "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... Type a nonbreaking dash (Ctrl+Shift+hyphen) instead of a regular dash before the number. Ruth Levinson wrote: When I type a line with a negative number like -4.00 at the end, Word will break off the minus sign and leave it at the end of the line, and put the 4.00 on the next line. I can't figure how to keep Word from automatically splitting the minus sign from the number. If I catch it, I have to go in and add spaces in the line to put the minus sign back with the number at the beginning of the next line. Any suggestions? TIA |
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OK. Thanks Suzanne. When I typed CTL+HYPHEN
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: It sounds to me like he's typing the "conditional hyphen" (Ctrl+Hyphen), which, when nonprinting characters are displayed, is displayed as a ¬ (character 00AC). -- 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. "Ruth Levinson" wrote in message ... Chuck - I'm not seeing the hook with the 2212 character, or the Ctl-Shft-dash in Times New Roman. What character are you typing? "Chuck Davis" wrote: Ruth, look closely. On my version of Word 2003, the character was not a straight line when using Times New Roman, but a little drop on the end. It was correct with Verdana. "Ruth Levinson" wrote in message ... Thanks so much to those of you who replied! That's just what I needed. Ruth "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Or you could use a minus sign (character 2212) instead. I also use this as a substitute for an en dash when the dash wants to break at the end of a line. And I ordinarily use an en dash instead of a hyphen for a minus sign because it is the same width as the plus sign and the numerals. -- 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. "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... Type a nonbreaking dash (Ctrl+Shift+hyphen) instead of a regular dash before the number. Ruth Levinson wrote: When I type a line with a negative number like -4.00 at the end, Word will break off the minus sign and leave it at the end of the line, and put the 4.00 on the next line. I can't figure how to keep Word from automatically splitting the minus sign from the number. If I catch it, I have to go in and add spaces in the line to put the minus sign back with the number at the beginning of the next line. Any suggestions? TIA |
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Sorry - Must have hit enter or something while I was typing!
I started to say that when I hit Ctrl+Hyphen and then a number, only the number shows up, not a hyphen character. Thanks, Suzanne, for clearing that up for me! :-) "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: It sounds to me like he's typing the "conditional hyphen" (Ctrl+Hyphen), which, when nonprinting characters are displayed, is displayed as a ¬ (character 00AC). -- 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. "Ruth Levinson" wrote in message ... Chuck - I'm not seeing the hook with the 2212 character, or the Ctl-Shft-dash in Times New Roman. What character are you typing? "Chuck Davis" wrote: Ruth, look closely. On my version of Word 2003, the character was not a straight line when using Times New Roman, but a little drop on the end. It was correct with Verdana. "Ruth Levinson" wrote in message ... Thanks so much to those of you who replied! That's just what I needed. Ruth "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Or you could use a minus sign (character 2212) instead. I also use this as a substitute for an en dash when the dash wants to break at the end of a line. And I ordinarily use an en dash instead of a hyphen for a minus sign because it is the same width as the plus sign and the numerals. -- 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. "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... Type a nonbreaking dash (Ctrl+Shift+hyphen) instead of a regular dash before the number. Ruth Levinson wrote: When I type a line with a negative number like -4.00 at the end, Word will break off the minus sign and leave it at the end of the line, and put the 4.00 on the next line. I can't figure how to keep Word from automatically splitting the minus sign from the number. If I catch it, I have to go in and add spaces in the line to put the minus sign back with the number at the beginning of the next line. Any suggestions? TIA |
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Sorry for the partial post. I must have hit enter or something.
I started to say that when I type Ctrl+Hyphen and then a number, only the number shows up. Thanks, Suzanne, for clearing that up for me! :-) "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: It sounds to me like he's typing the "conditional hyphen" (Ctrl+Hyphen), which, when nonprinting characters are displayed, is displayed as a ¬ (character 00AC). -- 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. "Ruth Levinson" wrote in message ... Chuck - I'm not seeing the hook with the 2212 character, or the Ctl-Shft-dash in Times New Roman. What character are you typing? "Chuck Davis" wrote: Ruth, look closely. On my version of Word 2003, the character was not a straight line when using Times New Roman, but a little drop on the end. It was correct with Verdana. "Ruth Levinson" wrote in message ... Thanks so much to those of you who replied! That's just what I needed. Ruth "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Or you could use a minus sign (character 2212) instead. I also use this as a substitute for an en dash when the dash wants to break at the end of a line. And I ordinarily use an en dash instead of a hyphen for a minus sign because it is the same width as the plus sign and the numerals. -- 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. "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... Type a nonbreaking dash (Ctrl+Shift+hyphen) instead of a regular dash before the number. Ruth Levinson wrote: When I type a line with a negative number like -4.00 at the end, Word will break off the minus sign and leave it at the end of the line, and put the 4.00 on the next line. I can't figure how to keep Word from automatically splitting the minus sign from the number. If I catch it, I have to go in and add spaces in the line to put the minus sign back with the number at the beginning of the next line. Any suggestions? TIA |
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Yes, the "conditional hyphen" (which you wouldn't be using in numbers) shows
Word that it is okay to hyphenate a word at that point. If the word comes at the end of the line, Word will break it at the hyphen (which it then displays) instead of wrapping the whole word to the next line. -- 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. "Ruth Levinson" wrote in message ... Sorry - Must have hit enter or something while I was typing! I started to say that when I hit Ctrl+Hyphen and then a number, only the number shows up, not a hyphen character. Thanks, Suzanne, for clearing that up for me! :-) "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: It sounds to me like he's typing the "conditional hyphen" (Ctrl+Hyphen), which, when nonprinting characters are displayed, is displayed as a ¬ (character 00AC). -- 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. "Ruth Levinson" wrote in message ... Chuck - I'm not seeing the hook with the 2212 character, or the Ctl-Shft-dash in Times New Roman. What character are you typing? "Chuck Davis" wrote: Ruth, look closely. On my version of Word 2003, the character was not a straight line when using Times New Roman, but a little drop on the end. It was correct with Verdana. "Ruth Levinson" wrote in message ... Thanks so much to those of you who replied! That's just what I needed. Ruth "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Or you could use a minus sign (character 2212) instead. I also use this as a substitute for an en dash when the dash wants to break at the end of a line. And I ordinarily use an en dash instead of a hyphen for a minus sign because it is the same width as the plus sign and the numerals. -- 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. "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... Type a nonbreaking dash (Ctrl+Shift+hyphen) instead of a regular dash before the number. Ruth Levinson wrote: When I type a line with a negative number like -4.00 at the end, Word will break off the minus sign and leave it at the end of the line, and put the 4.00 on the next line. I can't figure how to keep Word from automatically splitting the minus sign from the number. If I catch it, I have to go in and add spaces in the line to put the minus sign back with the number at the beginning of the next line. Any suggestions? TIA |
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