Optional Slash to Make Lines Break Better

[Kathy from Maine]

Other than typing a space before and after a slash so that it will break at
the end of the line, is there any way to insert an "optional" slash (like an
"optional" hyphen)?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NoWidthSpace.htm

 

[Jay Freedman]

Other than typing a space before and after a slash so that it will break at
the end of the line, is there any way to insert an "optional" slash (like an
"optional" hyphen)?

Use a zero-width space next to the slash. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NoWidthSpace.htm for
instructions.