Oct 09, 2015
Most of the time we separate words with a space. But occasionally we use a hyphen. There are also En Dashes and Em Dashes, but let’s not overcomplicate things!
When we get to the end of a line in Word, the cursor moves to the next line and our sentence continues. But what if we don’t want the two words separated. For example:
Notice how “New Horizons” is on two lines? To fix this, we can insert a Non-breaking space. To do this, instead of typing a normal space, we would press Ctrl + Shift + Spacebar. It would then look like this:
The same principle applies to hyphens between words. For example:
The paragraph above looks better without separating “non-breaking”. To insert a Non-breaking hyphen, press Ctrl + Shift + Hyphen. For example:
If you forget the keyboard shortcuts to insert these two characters, you can also go to the Insert tab on the Ribbon and choose Symbol and then More Symbols. Then click on the Special Characters tab and you’ll find them.
For more information, take a look at New Horizons' Microsoft Word training courses.
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