Beginning in Word 2000, Microsoft introduced a new character called the no-width optional break. This character has been discussed in other issues of WordTips; for English documents it can be used to wrap long or compound words at non-standard places. For instance, it could be used to add an optional break after a slash character.
If you want to use the no-width optional break in a document that has lots of slashes, you may wonder if there is a way to do a find and replace to add the special character. The short answer is "yes, there is." Follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Replace tab of the Find and Replace dialog box.
Holding down the Alt key as you type 8203 on the numeric keypad inserts the Unicode character for the no-width optional break. After performing all the steps, your document is set to do an optional break after any slash character.
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2022-04-23 14:51:48
Phil Rabichow
Strange. I've tried this in Word 2003 & using Alt+8203 on the numeric keyboard & all it does is insert a rectangle within a rectangle.
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