Inserting Dashes and Non-breaking Spaces and Hyphens
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Inserting Dashes and Non-breaking Spaces and Hyphens
To prevent two words from being separated at the end of a line, press Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + space bar after the first word to insert a non-breaking space.
In cases where you do not want the hyphen to appear at the end of a line, for example in a number such as 123–4567, you can press Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + - to insert a non-breaking hyphen.
To enter en and em dashes, you can use the Replace dashes option on the Options tab under Tools → AutoCorrect Options. This option replaces two hyphens, under certain conditions, with the corresponding dash.
– is an en-dash; that is, a dash the width of the letter “n” in the font you are using. Type at least one character, a space, one or two hyphens, another space, and at least one more letter, then a space. The one or two hyphens will be replaced by an en-dash.
— is an em-dash; that is, a dash the width of the letter “m” in the font you are using. Type at least one character, two hyphens, and at least one more character, then a space. The two hyphens will be replaced by an em-dash.
The key difference is that an en-dash is written with spaces around it and an em-dash is not. See the Help for more details. For other methods of inserting dashes, see the Writer Guide.
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