long urls break up

barbolink · General User Joined: 15 Dec 2011 Posts: 5

I am trying to put a long website url into a text box but impress keeps breaking it up. I tried paste special but that didn't do the job. Any ideas?

floris_v · Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 1:19 am Post subject:

What do you want to happen if the url is too wide to fit in the text box?
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barbolink · General User Joined: 15 Dec 2011 Posts: 5

I want to force the urlo to stay together and wrap to the next line.The url has a dash and a ? in it so Impress breaks it at those places. Sorry I wasn't specific last night.

floris_v · Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 1:48 pm Post subject:

What do you mean with break - wrap? If not, what do you mean with it?
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barbolink · General User Joined: 15 Dec 2011 Posts: 5

I guess a picture is worth a thousand words!

This is how the url appears in Impress:

http://wo-pub2.med.cornell.edu/cgi-
bin/WebObjects/PublicA.woa/3/wa/viewService?
servicesID=797&parent=Deaf+and+Hard+of+Hearing&website=nyp+psych&wosid=jtnx30czeywuVinjkiQPUM

I want it to run across the text box and then continue on the next line. I can't make it work here either but this is the idea:

blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_blah_

Thanks for trying to help!

floris_v · Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 3:12 pm Post subject:

There seems to be a Unicode character that can enter before a character to make it non-breaking, but I forgot which character that is.
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barbolink · General User Joined: 15 Dec 2011 Posts: 5

I thought this paste special might work but it didn't. Thank you for trying to help.

floris_v · Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 3:28 pm Post subject:

If it's just for effect you can simply enter spaces where you want the text to wrap.
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barbolink · General User Joined: 15 Dec 2011 Posts: 5

THANK YOU - great solution. It worked well. I appreciate your assistance Very Happy