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Ellipsis formating
An ellipsis is three spaced periods in text that indicated that some of the
test has been omitted or that there has been an elapse of time. How can I keep these three spaced periods, that is, the ellipse all together? My line wants to wrap so that the ellipsis is split between two line. I have tried FormatParagraphLine and Page Breaks, but none of the options there resolves my problem. |
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Guy,
Have you tried the keyboard shortcut for inserting the ellipsis symbol ALT+CTRL+. (That is ALT and CTRL and a Period). I believe that it is a default autocorrect entry to autocorrect three consecutive periods with the ellipsis symbol. If you want to do it with three individually spaced periods, then use a non-breaking space CTRL+Shift+spacebar between each period. -----Original Message----- An ellipsis is three spaced periods in text that indicated that some of the test has been omitted or that there has been an elapse of time. How can I keep these three spaced periods, that is, the ellipse all together? My line wants to wrap so that the ellipsis is split between two line. I have tried FormatParagraphLine and Page Breaks, but none of the options there resolves my problem. . |
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Guy,
Have you tried the keyboard shortcut for inserting the ellipsis symbol ALT+CTRL+. (That is ALT and CTRL and a Period). I believe that it is a default autocorrect entry to autocorrect three consecutive periods with the ellipsis symbol. If you want to do it with three individually spaced periods, then use a non-breaking space CTRL+Shift+spacebar between each period. -----Original Message----- An ellipsis is three spaced periods in text that indicated that some of the test has been omitted or that there has been an elapse of time. How can I keep these three spaced periods, that is, the ellipse all together? My line wants to wrap so that the ellipsis is split between two line. I have tried FormatParagraphLine and Page Breaks, but none of the options there resolves my problem. . |
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Guy,
Have you tried the keyboard shortcut for inserting the ellipsis symbol ALT+CTRL+. (That is ALT and CTRL and a Period). I believe that it is a default autocorrect entry to autocorrect three consecutive periods with the ellipsis symbol. If you want to do it with three individually spaced periods, then use a non-breaking space CTRL+Shift+spacebar between each period. -----Original Message----- An ellipsis is three spaced periods in text that indicated that some of the test has been omitted or that there has been an elapse of time. How can I keep these three spaced periods, that is, the ellipse all together? My line wants to wrap so that the ellipsis is split between two line. I have tried FormatParagraphLine and Page Breaks, but none of the options there resolves my problem. . |
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In current versions of Word, if you type three periods in a row (without
spaces), Word will substitute the ellipsis character, which in most fonts looks better than three periods with or without spaces. You can also insert this using Ctrl+Alt+Period. If you prefer to use spaced periods instead, use nonbreaking spaces (Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar) between the periods but ordinary spaces before and after the ellipsis (which gives you an advantage over the ellipsis character, which does not permit breaking before or after). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "W. Guy Delaney" wrote in message ... An ellipsis is three spaced periods in text that indicated that some of the test has been omitted or that there has been an elapse of time. How can I keep these three spaced periods, that is, the ellipse all together? My line wants to wrap so that the ellipsis is split between two line. I have tried FormatParagraphLine and Page Breaks, but none of the options there resolves my problem. |
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In current versions of Word, if you type three periods in a row (without
spaces), Word will substitute the ellipsis character, which in most fonts looks better than three periods with or without spaces. You can also insert this using Ctrl+Alt+Period. If you prefer to use spaced periods instead, use nonbreaking spaces (Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar) between the periods but ordinary spaces before and after the ellipsis (which gives you an advantage over the ellipsis character, which does not permit breaking before or after). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "W. Guy Delaney" wrote in message ... An ellipsis is three spaced periods in text that indicated that some of the test has been omitted or that there has been an elapse of time. How can I keep these three spaced periods, that is, the ellipse all together? My line wants to wrap so that the ellipsis is split between two line. I have tried FormatParagraphLine and Page Breaks, but none of the options there resolves my problem. |
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In current versions of Word, if you type three periods in a row (without
spaces), Word will substitute the ellipsis character, which in most fonts looks better than three periods with or without spaces. You can also insert this using Ctrl+Alt+Period. If you prefer to use spaced periods instead, use nonbreaking spaces (Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar) between the periods but ordinary spaces before and after the ellipsis (which gives you an advantage over the ellipsis character, which does not permit breaking before or after). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "W. Guy Delaney" wrote in message ... An ellipsis is three spaced periods in text that indicated that some of the test has been omitted or that there has been an elapse of time. How can I keep these three spaced periods, that is, the ellipse all together? My line wants to wrap so that the ellipsis is split between two line. I have tried FormatParagraphLine and Page Breaks, but none of the options there resolves my problem. |
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In current versions of Word, if you type three periods in a row (without
spaces), Word will substitute the ellipsis character, which in most fonts looks better than three periods with or without spaces. You can also insert this using Ctrl+Alt+Period. If you prefer to use spaced periods instead, use nonbreaking spaces (Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar) between the periods but ordinary spaces before and after the ellipsis (which gives you an advantage over the ellipsis character, which does not permit breaking before or after). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "W. Guy Delaney" wrote in message ... An ellipsis is three spaced periods in text that indicated that some of the test has been omitted or that there has been an elapse of time. How can I keep these three spaced periods, that is, the ellipse all together? My line wants to wrap so that the ellipsis is split between two line. I have tried FormatParagraphLine and Page Breaks, but none of the options there resolves my problem. |
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In Tools | AutoCorrect, if you have "replace text as you type" checked, it
will automatically turn 3 periods into an ellipsis, which will not break across lines, but looks pretty identical. If you don't want this on all the time, you should. Reconsider, and see here for how you can turn AutoCorrect to your own uses: http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm But for your current problem, I would suggest turning it on temporarily, letting it AutoCorrect an ellipsis (type 3 dots, then a space), then copying the ellipsis (without the space) and using Find and Replace to replace 3 periods with the copied ellipsis. You could probably also dig an ellipsis out of Insert | Symbol and use that do the Find and Replace. On 9/10/04 1:19 PM, "W. Guy Delaney" wrote: An ellipsis is three spaced periods in text that indicated that some of the test has been omitted or that there has been an elapse of time. How can I keep these three spaced periods, that is, the ellipse all together? My line wants to wrap so that the ellipsis is split between two line. I have tried FormatParagraphLine and Page Breaks, but none of the options there resolves my problem. |
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In Tools | AutoCorrect, if you have "replace text as you type" checked, it
will automatically turn 3 periods into an ellipsis, which will not break across lines, but looks pretty identical. If you don't want this on all the time, you should. Reconsider, and see here for how you can turn AutoCorrect to your own uses: http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm But for your current problem, I would suggest turning it on temporarily, letting it AutoCorrect an ellipsis (type 3 dots, then a space), then copying the ellipsis (without the space) and using Find and Replace to replace 3 periods with the copied ellipsis. You could probably also dig an ellipsis out of Insert | Symbol and use that do the Find and Replace. On 9/10/04 1:19 PM, "W. Guy Delaney" wrote: An ellipsis is three spaced periods in text that indicated that some of the test has been omitted or that there has been an elapse of time. How can I keep these three spaced periods, that is, the ellipse all together? My line wants to wrap so that the ellipsis is split between two line. I have tried FormatParagraphLine and Page Breaks, but none of the options there resolves my problem. |
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