Where is the non-breaking hyphen 1

[OfficeAnimal]

In MSW 2000 CTRL+SHIFT+MINUS inserted a non-breaking hyphen. Where has that gone in Word 2007?

Even curiouser, why does the spelling checker not recognize non-breaking hyphens in an existing document?

 

[xlhelp]

It's still CTRL/SHIFT/-

Sorry don't about the spell check. Haven't experienced it yet.

A man has only two choices: He can be right or he can be happy.

 

[macropod]

Hi OfficeAnimal,

You can create the non-breaking hyphen in Word 2007 by exactly the same keystroke combo - Ctrl-Shift-Hyphen. That is, it hasn't gone anywhere!

Your reference to the spell-checker suggests you're thinking of the optional hyphen (Ctrl-Hyphen), since words linked by non-breaking hyphens are treated as two separate words by the spell-checker (as they should be).


Cheers
[MS MVP - Word]

 

[OfficeAnimal]

The Spelling Ckecker taks a word with a non-breaking hyphen as an error and offers options. Usually they are the compound word with a breaking hyphen, and the compound word with the non-breaking hyphen replaced by a small square.

That's what I mean by the checker not recognising the non-breaking hyphen. Surely the checker should recognize the compound word as valid (unless it contains a spelling mistake

 

[macropod]

Hi OfficeAnimal,

I don't see that behaviour - in my copy of Word 2007, words separated by non-breaking hyphens are treated as two separate words by the spell-checker, not as a single word. What language settings are you using, and what are the problem words?


Cheers
[MS MVP - Word]

 

[OfficeAnimal]

Hi macropod

Try this ...

 

[OfficeAnimal]

Hmm!

Have examples in jpeg.

How do I attach them?

 

[macropod]

Hi OfficeAnimal,

I've never tried it, so I don't know. In any event, you could have simply answered the question: What language settings are you using, and what are the problem words?


Cheers
[MS MVP - Word]

 

[OfficeAnimal]

Language setting is English (Australian).

Enter "Now(Non-breaking Hyphen)is(NBH)the(NBH)time" on new page

Do Spelling Check

Shows text as "not in dictionary" and "(no suggestions)"

Add to dictionary and close

Do spelling check on same text

Shows text as "not in dictionary" and suggests "Now(Small Square)in(SS)the(SS)time"

Why is it not in the dictionary?

 

[macropod]

Hi OfficeAnimal,

I use Word 2007, with the language setting as English (Australian).

When I spell-check "Now-is-the-time", with non-breaking hypens in a new document, all I get is "The spelling and grammar check is complete" (ie no errors found).

I suggest repairing your Office installation (Word Options|Resources|Diagnose).


Cheers
[MS MVP - Word]

 

[strongm]

I get the same problem as OfficeAnimal in my copy of Word 2007. As do large numbers of people. You'll find reports of it all over the web. And there are various kludges to get around it, one of which is detailedhere.

It is considered a bug (at least by users), and I'm told that it has been reported to Microsoft, but who knows if they'll ever fix things so that the spell checker works like it used to with regard to this.

 

[OfficeAnimal]

Hi strongm

Thanks for that. Looks good - but, I'm just an old-fashioned guy with an old-fashioned mind. Newfangled things like Visual Basic make me trembly at the knees. I have only ever _recorded_ macros. Adding them to Word as code is a bit of a worry!

Can you tell me how?

 

[macropod]

Hi OfficeAnimal,

Have you tried repairing Office? Do you have all the updates installed?

Before resorting to a workaround, I recommend you make sure your cipy of Office is working correctly. As I said previously, I use Word 2007, with the language setting as English (Australian) - the same as you do - and I don't have these problems.


Cheers
[MS MVP - Word]

 

[macropod]

Hi OfficeAnimal,

Appropos my previous post, MS has a hotfix that may solve your problem:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972563/en-us

Cheers
[MS MVP - Word]

 

[strongm]

>who knows if they'll ever fix things

And, as macropod has discovered, they have done! Just.

 

[strongm]

(and it has fixed the issue here)

 

[OfficeAnimal]

Yup!

Bill's hotfix seems to have cured the problem.

Thanks folks