Dear all,

I am having a difficulty with scientific units when writing some technical
reports. The problem is that sometimes a unit such as (mg mm-3 or mg L-1)
with -3 and -1 as superscripts is being splitted at the end of a sentence
leaving half of the unit (e.g. mg) at the end of the sentence and the other
half at the begining of the following line (e.g. L-1) which looks very ugly.
Sometimes you can change the word ordering to avoid this but it does not
works like that all the time. Any suggestions?

Many Thanks,
Imad

Instead of a space between the units, use a nonbreaking space
(Ctrl+Shift+spacebar).

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Jay Freedman
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Imad wrote:
Dear all,

I am having a difficulty with scientific units when writing some
technical reports. The problem is that sometimes a unit such as (mg
mm-3 or mg L-1) with -3 and -1 as superscripts is being splitted at
the end of a sentence leaving half of the unit (e.g. mg) at the end
of the sentence and the other half at the begining of the following
line (e.g. L-1) which looks very ugly. Sometimes you can change the
word ordering to avoid this but it does not works like that all the
time. Any suggestions?

Many Thanks,
Imad

Note that you can also insert a nonbreaking hyphen, as needed, using
Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
Instead of a space between the units, use a nonbreaking space
(Ctrl+Shift+spacebar).

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

Imad wrote:
Dear all,

I am having a difficulty with scientific units when writing some
technical reports. The problem is that sometimes a unit such as (mg
mm-3 or mg L-1) with -3 and -1 as superscripts is being splitted at
the end of a sentence leaving half of the unit (e.g. mg) at the end
of the sentence and the other half at the begining of the following
line (e.g. L-1) which looks very ugly. Sometimes you can change the
word ordering to avoid this but it does not works like that all the
time. Any suggestions?

Many Thanks,
Imad