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Minus sign and corresponding number get split across consecutive l
I have a lot of numbers in a rather narrow paragraph. Some of them are
negative, and inevitably, it sometimes happens that the minus sign gets split across line breaks, such that I have, for example: The slope value was - 0.4, which indicates that.... This can be confusing for readers. Is there a setting that can be made in Word 2007 which ensures that this does not happen, and that the minus sign stays close to the number? Thanks in advance for any tips! |
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Minus sign and corresponding number get split across consecutive l
Try to replace the minus sign with a non-breaking minus sign (Unicode
character 2212). You can insert the non-breaking minus sign via Insert Symbol or via the keyboard (type 2212, then press Alt+X and Word will replace 2212 by the minus sign). -- Regards Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word) DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "wildetudor" wrote: I have a lot of numbers in a rather narrow paragraph. Some of them are negative, and inevitably, it sometimes happens that the minus sign gets split across line breaks, such that I have, for example: The slope value was - 0.4, which indicates that.... This can be confusing for readers. Is there a setting that can be made in Word 2007 which ensures that this does not happen, and that the minus sign stays close to the number? Thanks in advance for any tips! |
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Thanks very much!
It would be great if there were a way to do this automatically, rather me having to type 2212 and Alt+X every single time I insert a negative number into the document (it's a big document, with lots of numbers...). Can this be done in Word? "Lene Fredborg" wrote: Try to replace the minus sign with a non-breaking minus sign (Unicode character 2212). You can insert the non-breaking minus sign via Insert Symbol or via the keyboard (type 2212, then press Alt+X and Word will replace 2212 by the minus sign). -- Regards Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word) DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "wildetudor" wrote: I have a lot of numbers in a rather narrow paragraph. Some of them are negative, and inevitably, it sometimes happens that the minus sign gets split across line breaks, such that I have, for example: The slope value was - 0.4, which indicates that.... This can be confusing for readers. Is there a setting that can be made in Word 2007 which ensures that this does not happen, and that the minus sign stays close to the number? Thanks in advance for any tips! |
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Hi wildetudor,
You can overcome this by inputting the minus signs as non-breaking hypens (via Ctrl-Shift-Hyphen). For any existing minus signs, you can 'fix' them via Find/Replace, using '-' as the Find text and '^~' as the Replace text. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "wildetudor" wrote in message ... I have a lot of numbers in a rather narrow paragraph. Some of them are negative, and inevitably, it sometimes happens that the minus sign gets split across line breaks, such that I have, for example: The slope value was - 0.4, which indicates that.... This can be confusing for readers. Is there a setting that can be made in Word 2007 which ensures that this does not happen, and that the minus sign stays close to the number? Thanks in advance for any tips! |
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You can assign a keyboard shortcut to the non-breaking minus sign:
Open the Symbol dialog box. Select the non-breaking minus sign (you can find the character e.g. by selecting Font: (normal text), Character code: 2212, from: Unicode (hex)). While the character is selected, click the Shortcut Key button in the dialog box and assign the desired shortcut. -- Regards Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word) DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "wildetudor" wrote: Thanks very much! It would be great if there were a way to do this automatically, rather me having to type 2212 and Alt+X every single time I insert a negative number into the document (it's a big document, with lots of numbers...). Can this be done in Word? "Lene Fredborg" wrote: Try to replace the minus sign with a non-breaking minus sign (Unicode character 2212). You can insert the non-breaking minus sign via Insert Symbol or via the keyboard (type 2212, then press Alt+X and Word will replace 2212 by the minus sign). -- Regards Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word) DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "wildetudor" wrote: I have a lot of numbers in a rather narrow paragraph. Some of them are negative, and inevitably, it sometimes happens that the minus sign gets split across line breaks, such that I have, for example: The slope value was - 0.4, which indicates that.... This can be confusing for readers. Is there a setting that can be made in Word 2007 which ensures that this does not happen, and that the minus sign stays close to the number? Thanks in advance for any tips! |
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But a minus sign isn't a hyphen -- it's an en-dash (in some fonts, the
minus sign character is at a different height from the en-dash character). Hence the non-breaking minus sign identified by Lene. On Mar 29, 7:17*am, "macropod" wrote: Hi wildetudor, You can overcome this by inputting the minus signs as non-breaking hypens (via Ctrl-Shift-Hyphen). For any existing minus signs, you can 'fix' them via Find/Replace, using '-' as the Find text and '^~' as the Replace text. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "wildetudor" wrote in ... I have a lot of numbers in a rather narrow paragraph. Some of them are negative, and inevitably, it sometimes happens that the minus sign gets split across line breaks, such that I have, for example: The slope value was - 0.4, which indicates that.... This can be confusing for readers. Is there a setting that can be made in Word 2007 which ensures that this does not happen, and that the minus sign stays close to the number? Thanks in advance for any tips!- |
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