After unbreakable spaces, the unbreakable caracter

[Stefan Robert]

Hi,

From an earlier post, I learned about unbreakable space. Is there a
similar way to have an unbreakable dash "-" Like in "the room number
3-14".

Looking at the Figures fields I have seen that the dash in "Figure 3-15"
is unbreakable. Does someone know how to invoke this unbreakable dash?

Thanks

Stéfan

 

[Graham Mayor]

Ctrl+_

See insert symbol - special characters


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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen.

 

[Robert M. Franz]

Hi all

Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen.

Does anyone off-hand remember whether there's a non-breaking en-dash (at
least in my mother tongue, I really should use an en-dash for that sort
of hyphen ...).

Greetinx
..bob

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This is a bugger, isn't it? I've sometimes used the minus sign (glyph 2212)
for this. It's a trifle higher (at least in TNR) but the same width, and
ISTR that it's nonbreaking.

 

[Unbreakable?]

I think MS Word used to know the unbreaking dash (I believe it was still
featured in Word97?) but this valuable function has disapeared in the newer
versions. The non-breaking Em- or En-dash is needed when typing for instance
German texts, in which the Em -or En-dash is often followed by comma, full
stop, colon, or semicolon; this applies also to at least older English
literature too, I think. The absence of non-breaking dash in MSWord is really
a nuisance when one would like to cite such texts accurately. So the
non-breaking Em- or En-dash IS NOT THE SAME AS non-breaking hyphen. Therefore
I'm sorry to say that this thread has not been very useful with regard to the
question concerning the non-breaking DASH.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" kirjoitti:

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

As I pointed out, the minus sign can be used for a non-breaking en dash. I
don't know of any way to get a nonbreaking em dash (unless it is present in
"large" Unicode fonts).

 

[Unbreakable?]

Thank you very much, and sorry for being too rash about what you suggested: I
mean I just read your messages again and tried the "glyph 2212" and you're
right, it does provide us with a non-breaking En-dash (its being "a trifle
higher" is no problem, nor is the absence of non-breaking Em-dash). It took a
while for me to discover the glyph through "Insert - Symbol - etc." and how
the shortcut works, but I did. Thanks again!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" kirjoitti: