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Old April 24th, 2010, 12:05 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Chuck
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Default How can I prevent a line break in an ellipse

I am writing an academic paper. The professor insists that there be no line
break in an ellipse, as in "there we went. . . .down the lane.
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Old April 24th, 2010, 03:02 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Jay Freedman
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Default How can I prevent a line break in an ellipse

On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:05:01 -0700, Chuck
wrote:

I am writing an academic paper. The professor insists that there be no line
break in an ellipse, as in "there we went. . . .down the lane.


By default there is an AutoCorrect entry that will convert three
periods into a single character, Unicode character 2026 (hex). You
shouldn't have to do anything special to get that. If you must put in
that character manually, the default shortcut for it is Ctrl+Alt+.
(that is, hold down the Ctrl and Alt keys while you press the period
key once).

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Old April 24th, 2010, 03:10 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Default How can I prevent a line break in an ellipse

Reportedly some publishers prefer the usual spaced periods to the ellipsis
character. In such instances, you can put nonbreaking spaces
(Ctrl+Shift+Space) between the periods and regular spaces before and after;
this has the advantage of allowing the line to break before or after an
ellipsis, which is not possible with the single character, which is
nonbreaking.

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"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
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On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:05:01 -0700, Chuck
wrote:

I am writing an academic paper. The professor insists that there be no
line
break in an ellipse, as in "there we went. . . .down the lane.


By default there is an AutoCorrect entry that will convert three
periods into a single character, Unicode character 2026 (hex). You
shouldn't have to do anything special to get that. If you must put in
that character manually, the default shortcut for it is Ctrl+Alt+.
(that is, hold down the Ctrl and Alt keys while you press the period
key once).

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so all may benefit.


 




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