keeping non-spaced text together

Doerr485 · Newbie Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 3 Location: Maryland

I have a text spacing problem similar to issue 64532, but is not solved so simply as with a non-breaking space (Ctrl-space). In my text, I am writing about something like "A(4000)" and the break occurs between the "A" and "(". I have been able to get the string back together with the Ctrl-space, but then I have a space there. Is there any way to highlight the whole string and give it some attribute such that it won't be split? Any other ideas?
Thanks in advance!
--Tom Doerr

Robert Tucker · Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:22 am Post subject:

I can't repeat your finding. If I type A(4000) at the end of a line and add more text before it the whole of A(4000) goes to the next line - I cannot get it to break between the A and the (4000).

If you say a non-breaking space works, maybe try a narrow no-break space U+202F or a zero-width non-breaking space U+FEFF.

Doerr485 · Newbie Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 3 Location: Maryland

Perhaps it is my version of OO, then? I am using 1.1.4. I thought perhaps this could be because it is a paragraph within a table, but then I replicated the problem in a regular paragraph as well... Weird.

jrkrideau · Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:50 am Post subject:

Doerr485 · Newbie Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 3 Location: Maryland

A colleague using a 1.9beta version also could not replicate the problem. Apparently my problem was fixed between 1.1.4 and 1.9... Smile

Unfortunately, when I installed 2.0.2 and tried to open my document, I couldn't. Perhaps my nearly-100-page document has too many bookmarks and cross-references to be updated..? Oh well, for the time being I'm going to leave well enough alone and get this Test Plan done!
Thanks all!
--Tom

lengo · OOo Enthusiast Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Posts: 120

I have the following text in a page with 1.25" left/right margins:

The one exception to the syllabification rules above is that the mid-high vowel sequence /eu/ are members of different syllables

The line breaks between '/' and 'e', which is not good. I tried using a non-breaking space (shift+space bar) between '/' and 'e', but then adds space between them and it pulls 'sequence' with it to the following line. Is there any other way around this?

jrkrideau · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:12 pm Post subject:

foxcole · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:19 pm Post subject:

I would encourage posting a new thread in cases like this. The original thread is from 2006 and a lot has changed since then.
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lengo · OOo Enthusiast Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Posts: 120

I figured since it was the same problem, reviving a thread with no apparent solution would help someone when they're searching--fewer 'rabbit trail' posts to wade through. Though "a lot has changed since [2006]", apparently this has not . . . Any ideas? Or do you really want me to start a new thread before you answer? Wink

@ jrkrideau: there's a file here.

foxcole · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:16 pm Post subject:

jrkrideau · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:25 pm Post subject:

lengo · OOo Enthusiast Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Posts: 120

jrkrideau · Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:08 am Post subject: