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Hello --

I am working on an instruction manual using a numbered list. Some of the
instructions use part numbers that contain a dash. When one of the
instruction numbers breaks across a line (or page), it is breaking up the
part number much like a hyphenated word. I would like these part numbers to
stay together. If I select the paragraph, or the whole document and format
to "Keep Lines Together," the entire numbered paragraph goes to the next
page.

Is there a way to keep just the immediate sentence together in a numbered
list? Thanks!

Eric
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What you need is called a 'non-breaking hyphen' - go to InsertSymbol, click
the Special Characters tab & you'll find it listed there along with its
keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+_). If you have many of these to change you can use
Find & Replace - In that dialog type a - in the Find what: field then click
in the Replace with : field but don't type anything. Instead click the More
button (if necessary), then click the Special button & select Nonbreaking
Hyphen. Replace one at a time unless you are *absolutely* sure that there
are no hyphens that shouldn't be replaced.

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Bob Jones
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Hello --

I am working on an instruction manual using a numbered list. Some of the
instructions use part numbers that contain a dash. When one of the
instruction numbers breaks across a line (or page), it is breaking up the
part number much like a hyphenated word. I would like these part numbers
to
stay together. If I select the paragraph, or the whole document and
format
to "Keep Lines Together," the entire numbered paragraph goes to the next
page.

Is there a way to keep just the immediate sentence together in a numbered
list? Thanks!

Eric



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