{"id":217,"date":"2017-01-23T07:49:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T07:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alandaletraining.com\/software-tips\/?p=217"},"modified":"2017-04-16T17:42:22","modified_gmt":"2017-04-16T17:42:22","slug":"using-non-breaking-hyphens-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alandaletraining.com\/software-tips\/2017\/01\/23\/using-non-breaking-hyphens-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Using non-breaking hyphens in Word"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a follow on to last week’s tip <\/a>on using a non-breaking space in Word, this week I wanted to mention it’s close cousin: a non-breaking hyphen.<\/p>\n

Like a non-breaking space, a non-breaking hyphen will keep the words on either side of the hyphen on the same line.\u00a0 This can be useful for product names or people’s names.\u00a0\u00a0 So if you were working with a name like Jean-Paul, you could ensure Jean-Paul would not be split across two lines.<\/p>\n

And the keyboard shortcut for a non-breaking hyphen?\u00a0 Ctrl+Shift+-<\/p>\n

This keyboard shortcut also works in Outlook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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