Software Tips & Tricks Keeping Phrases on the Same Line In Word

By Laura Noble

Dates, Names, City, Province/State are examples of phrases that should not be split over two lines of text.

To maintain these types of phrases on a single line, a non-breaking space needs to be created.

Pressing Ctrl + Shift + Spacebar after all words that are part of the phrase, except the last word, creates a non-breaking space.

• This is an example of a line without a non-breaking space when a name – Noble Software Solutions – is typed.

• This is an example of a line with a non-breaking space inserted when a name – Noble Software Solutions – is typed.
  
  
• For dates, the non-breaking space also comes in handy, for example, December 25, 2002.

In the second example above, the Ctrl + Shift + Spacebar was pressed after typing "Noble" and then after "Software," which forces the phrase "Noble Software Solutions" to be on a single line versus two.

In the third example, Ctrl + Shift + Spacebar was pressed after "December" and "25," to force the date to be on a single line.

Stay tuned to Networking Today in the coming months for more Software Tips & Tricks from Noble Software Solutions.

Laura Noble is the owner of Noble Software Solutions. Laura can be contacted at 519-680-2689 or by e-mail at lnoble@noblesoftwaresolutions.com. www.NobleSoftwareSolutions.com

Published in Networking Today, March 2002.