Slash should break words at end of line like hyphen.

W

Wilbur

I'm using Microsoft Word 2003. Sometimes I put words together with the slash,
such as writer/producer/director. Web addresses (URLs) also use slashes. When
a string of words with slashes nears the end of a line, Word wraps the whole
string as if it's all one word. To get around this, I use spaces around the
slash, but this should be unnecessary. Sometimes I also use hyphens, such as
writer-producer-director, but this does not work for URLs. The slash should
be coded like the hyphen. When a hyphen joins words, the string of words will
break at the end of a line at the hyphens. The slash should be coded like the
hyphen to break words at the end of a line.

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J

Jezebel

Use a no-width optional break after the slash (from the Special Characters
tab under Insert > Symbol). That's what they're for. Problem otherwise is
that you don't always want a slash to break; and then you'd need a
'non-break slash' (like the non-break hyphen).
 
A

Al

Use a no-width optional break after the slash (from the Special
Characters tab under Insert > Symbol). That's what they're for.
Problem otherwise is that you don't always want a slash to break; and
then you'd need a 'non-break slash' (like the non-break hyphen).
To replace all slashes with slash no-width optional break
Find /
Replace /200C altx
 

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