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No-width optional break
I'm using Word 2007. In InsertSymbolsMoreSymbolsSpecialCharacters, it
shows that I should be able to insert a no-width optional break by pressing Ctrl+space. However, when I use this combination, it changes the language to Arabic and seems to insert an invisible character (that does not act like a no-width optional break). If I press Backspace to remove this character and the language change, I can then press Ctrl+space and it will insert the no-width optional break like it's supposed to. Does anyone know why I'm experiencing this behavior and to fix it? |
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No-width optional break
Ctrl-Spacebar is supposed to be one of Word's keyboard shortcuts for
"Clear Character Formatting," but it is overridden by Windows -- where it's a command to switch to Chinese, not Arabic! (Hmm, if I uninstall Chinese, will it become the Arabic command?) I'm not sure what you mean by "no-width optional break" -- perhaps Unicode 0082, a control character labeled "BREAK PERMITTED HERE"? That doesn't seem to be enterable in Word, but it's cross referenced to 200B "ZERO WIDTH SPACE" (which can be typed in Word but has no default keyboard shortcut assigned to it -- you can give it one via Insert Symbol). On Apr 1, 1:32*pm, rcuswalk wrote: I'm using Word 2007. In InsertSymbolsMoreSymbolsSpecialCharacters, it shows that I should be able to insert a no-width optional break by pressing Ctrl+space. However, when I use this combination, it changes the language to Arabic and seems to insert an invisible character (that does not act like a no-width optional break). If I press Backspace to remove this character and the language change, I can then press Ctrl+space and it will insert the no-width optional break like it's supposed to. Does anyone know why I'm experiencing this behavior and to fix it? |
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No-width optional break
Ctrl-Spacebar is supposed to be one of Word's keyboard shortcuts for
"Clear Character Formatting," but it is overridden by Windows -- where it's a command to switch to Chinese, not Arabic! (Hmm, if I uninstall Chinese, will it become the Arabic command?) I'm not sure what you mean by "no-width optional break" -- perhaps Unicode 0082, a control character labeled "BREAK PERMITTED HERE"? That doesn't seem to be enterable in Word, but it's cross referenced to 200B "ZERO WIDTH SPACE" (which can be typed in Word but has no default keyboard shortcut assigned to it -- you can give it one via Insert Symbol). On Apr 1, 1:32*pm, rcuswalk wrote: I'm using Word 2007. In InsertSymbolsMoreSymbolsSpecialCharacters, it shows that I should be able to insert a no-width optional break by pressing Ctrl+space. However, when I use this combination, it changes the language to Arabic and seems to insert an invisible character (that does not act like a no-width optional break). If I press Backspace to remove this character and the language change, I can then press Ctrl+space and it will insert the no-width optional break like it's supposed to. Does anyone know why I'm experiencing this behavior and to fix it? |
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No-width optional break
FWIW "No-width optional break" is a description in Word's
Insert-Symbol-Special characters. When you insert it, you get a Unicode 0x200C "ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER" which does seem to work roughly as its description says, at least in the version of Word 2007 I am using here. Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk On 01/04/2010 23:57, Peter T. Daniels wrote: Ctrl-Spacebar is supposed to be one of Word's keyboard shortcuts for "Clear Character Formatting," but it is overridden by Windows -- where it's a command to switch to Chinese, not Arabic! (Hmm, if I uninstall Chinese, will it become the Arabic command?) I'm not sure what you mean by "no-width optional break" -- perhaps Unicode 0082, a control character labeled "BREAK PERMITTED HERE"? That doesn't seem to be enterable in Word, but it's cross referenced to 200B "ZERO WIDTH SPACE" (which can be typed in Word but has no default keyboard shortcut assigned to it -- you can give it one via Insert Symbol). On Apr 1, 1:32 pm, wrote: I'm using Word 2007. In InsertSymbolsMoreSymbolsSpecialCharacters, it shows that I should be able to insert a no-width optional break by pressing Ctrl+space. However, when I use this combination, it changes the language to Arabic and seems to insert an invisible character (that does not act like a no-width optional break). If I press Backspace to remove this character and the language change, I can then press Ctrl+space and it will insert the no-width optional break like it's supposed to. Does anyone know why I'm experiencing this behavior and to fix it? |
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No-width optional break
FWIW "No-width optional break" is a description in Word's
Insert-Symbol-Special characters. When you insert it, you get a Unicode 0x200C "ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER" which does seem to work roughly as its description says, at least in the version of Word 2007 I am using here. Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk On 01/04/2010 23:57, Peter T. Daniels wrote: Ctrl-Spacebar is supposed to be one of Word's keyboard shortcuts for "Clear Character Formatting," but it is overridden by Windows -- where it's a command to switch to Chinese, not Arabic! (Hmm, if I uninstall Chinese, will it become the Arabic command?) I'm not sure what you mean by "no-width optional break" -- perhaps Unicode 0082, a control character labeled "BREAK PERMITTED HERE"? That doesn't seem to be enterable in Word, but it's cross referenced to 200B "ZERO WIDTH SPACE" (which can be typed in Word but has no default keyboard shortcut assigned to it -- you can give it one via Insert Symbol). On Apr 1, 1:32 pm, wrote: I'm using Word 2007. In InsertSymbolsMoreSymbolsSpecialCharacters, it shows that I should be able to insert a no-width optional break by pressing Ctrl+space. However, when I use this combination, it changes the language to Arabic and seems to insert an invisible character (that does not act like a no-width optional break). If I press Backspace to remove this character and the language change, I can then press Ctrl+space and it will insert the no-width optional break like it's supposed to. Does anyone know why I'm experiencing this behavior and to fix it? |
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No-width optional break
"ZERO-WIDTH NON-JOINER" is intended for languages like Arabic and you
use it when for some reason you want two Arabic letters to be adjacent but not to assume the form used in writing a word, i.e. joined up. (Likewise in writing Hindi, Bengali, etc.) Since rcuswalk has Arabic enabled, that may be why it's there -- and it's good to know: I have always entered it using the Unicode code. On Apr 2, 6:10*am, Peter Jamieson wrote: FWIW "No-width optional break" is a description in Word's Insert-Symbol-Special characters. When you insert it, you get a Unicode 0x200C "ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER" which does seem to work roughly as its description says, at least in the version of Word 2007 I am using here. Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk On 01/04/2010 23:57, Peter T. Daniels wrote: Ctrl-Spacebar is supposed to be one of Word's keyboard shortcuts for "Clear Character Formatting," but it is overridden by Windows -- where it's a command to switch to Chinese, not Arabic! (Hmm, if I uninstall Chinese, will it become the Arabic command?) I'm not sure what you mean by "no-width optional break" -- perhaps Unicode 0082, a control character labeled "BREAK PERMITTED HERE"? That doesn't seem to be enterable in Word, but it's cross referenced to 200B "ZERO WIDTH SPACE" (which can be typed in Word but has no default keyboard shortcut assigned to it -- you can give it one via Insert Symbol). On Apr 1, 1:32 pm, wrote: I'm using Word 2007. In InsertSymbolsMoreSymbolsSpecialCharacters, it shows that I should be able to insert a no-width optional break by pressing Ctrl+space. However, when I use this combination, it changes the language to Arabic and seems to insert an invisible character (that does not act like a no-width optional break). If I press Backspace to remove this character and the language change, I can then press Ctrl+space and it will insert the no-width optional break like it's supposed to. Does anyone know why I'm experiencing this behavior and to fix it?- |
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No-width optional break
"ZERO-WIDTH NON-JOINER" is intended for languages like Arabic and you
use it when for some reason you want two Arabic letters to be adjacent but not to assume the form used in writing a word, i.e. joined up. (Likewise in writing Hindi, Bengali, etc.) Since rcuswalk has Arabic enabled, that may be why it's there -- and it's good to know: I have always entered it using the Unicode code. On Apr 2, 6:10*am, Peter Jamieson wrote: FWIW "No-width optional break" is a description in Word's Insert-Symbol-Special characters. When you insert it, you get a Unicode 0x200C "ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER" which does seem to work roughly as its description says, at least in the version of Word 2007 I am using here. Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk On 01/04/2010 23:57, Peter T. Daniels wrote: Ctrl-Spacebar is supposed to be one of Word's keyboard shortcuts for "Clear Character Formatting," but it is overridden by Windows -- where it's a command to switch to Chinese, not Arabic! (Hmm, if I uninstall Chinese, will it become the Arabic command?) I'm not sure what you mean by "no-width optional break" -- perhaps Unicode 0082, a control character labeled "BREAK PERMITTED HERE"? That doesn't seem to be enterable in Word, but it's cross referenced to 200B "ZERO WIDTH SPACE" (which can be typed in Word but has no default keyboard shortcut assigned to it -- you can give it one via Insert Symbol). On Apr 1, 1:32 pm, wrote: I'm using Word 2007. In InsertSymbolsMoreSymbolsSpecialCharacters, it shows that I should be able to insert a no-width optional break by pressing Ctrl+space. However, when I use this combination, it changes the language to Arabic and seems to insert an invisible character (that does not act like a no-width optional break). If I press Backspace to remove this character and the language change, I can then press Ctrl+space and it will insert the no-width optional break like it's supposed to. Does anyone know why I'm experiencing this behavior and to fix it?- |
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