WD97: How to Find Help for Creating Non-Breaking Spaces (165409)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

This article was previously published under Q165409

SUMMARY

This article describes how to find information about non-breaking spaces in Microsoft Word Help.

MORE INFORMATION

A non-breaking space is used to prevent a line break between two words you want to keep together. For example, if you want to keep a date, such as May 20, 1997 from breaking incorrectly when you reach the end of a line of text, add a non-breaking space between the month and day and between the day and year. To insert a non-breaking space at the insertion point, press CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR.

For information about shortcut keys, click the Office Assistant, type "shortcut keys," click Search, and then click to view "Shortcut keys." In the Shortcut keys topic, click to view "Use keys to edit and move text and graphics."

For information about non-breaking spaces, click the Office Assistant, type "What is a non-breaking space," click Search, click to view "Find and Replace", click "Find and replace paragraph marks, page breaks, and other items", and then click "How". Information about non-breaking spaces can be found on the page titled "Examples of special characters and document elements you can find and replace."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Word Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

120802 Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or Component

For additional information on the use of non-breaking spaces, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

153671 How to Sort Fields Separated by a Space

145149 How to Create Ruling Lines or Blank Underlines in Word

97793 Underline Formatting Does Not Appear at End of Line

94241 Cannot Use Spaces to Indent a Wrapped Line


Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/14/2000
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