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How to ensure words don't break after a punctuation mark?

I recently found out about 'non-breaking spaces' which ensure that two words (for example, Mr. John) don't break into two lines when pushed towards the edge of a line.


Similarly, is there a way to keep certain words or characters together after punctuation marks (for example, km/h and high-tech)?


Thanks in advance for you help.

MacBook Pro 15″

Posted on Nov 16, 2022 6:03 AM

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Posted on Nov 17, 2022 2:56 AM

You are typing in Pages and decide you do not want a word split at a specific point. You press control+cmd+spacebar to open the Emojis & Symbols panel.


Search for the phrase word joiner as I had shown previously. You select where I clicked beneath the term Unicode Name to expose the word joiner character. When you double-click that selection, the word joiner character is inserted at your current Pages insertion point. Because it is a zero-space character, you shouldn't be aware of its insertion, but it will be there.


I recommend that you add the Word Joiner character to the Favorites selections of the Emojis & Symbols panel so you don't need to search for it again.

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Nov 17, 2022 2:56 AM in response to KaushikShrinivas1996

You are typing in Pages and decide you do not want a word split at a specific point. You press control+cmd+spacebar to open the Emojis & Symbols panel.


Search for the phrase word joiner as I had shown previously. You select where I clicked beneath the term Unicode Name to expose the word joiner character. When you double-click that selection, the word joiner character is inserted at your current Pages insertion point. Because it is a zero-space character, you shouldn't be aware of its insertion, but it will be there.


I recommend that you add the Word Joiner character to the Favorites selections of the Emojis & Symbols panel so you don't need to search for it again.

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