Have you ever had a hyphenated word break lines when you wanted to keep the word together? Or had a name that you wanted on the same line, but the last name kept ending up on the second line of text? If you’ve run into a situation like either of these, then you’ll like non-breaking spaces and hyphens in Word.

A nonbreaking hyphen will move the first part of a hyphenated word to the next line of your document, even when the fist part of the word would fit on the previous line (see second example in picture above).

A nonbreaking space will keep two words together and not split them across lines.

To insert a:

  • Nonbreaking hyphen:  Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen
  • Nonbreaking space:  Ctrl+Shift+Space

For more information about viewing and searching for nonbreaking spaces and hyphens:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/use-nonbreaking-spaces-and-nonbreaking-hyphens-in-word-HA001044897.aspx