To stop words from splitting across lines in a paragraph or paragraphs by turning off automatic hyphenation: In Microsoft Word, automatic hyphenation is turned on by default for normal paragraphs (using the Normal style) so Word may insert hyphens and break words across lines. Recommended article: 14 Timesaving Microsoft Word Selection Shortcuts to Quickly Select Textĭo you want to learn more about Microsoft Word? Check out our virtual classroom or live classroom Word courses > Turning off automatic hyphenation
You can turn off the symbols by clicking on the same button. Click the Show/Hide ¶ in the Paragraph group.To view nonbreaking spaces, nonbreaking hyphens and paragraph marks: You can also keep words or characters (numbers or letters) together in Microsoft Word using nonbreaking spaces or nonbreaking hyphens. If Word is inserting hyphens in a word you don’t want to break across lines, you can turn off automatic hyphenation for the paragraph. There are many ways to stop words from splitting across lines in Microsoft Word. Stop Words from Breaking Across Lines or Pages in Microsoft Wordīy Avantix Learning Team | Updated March 14, 2021Īpplies to: Microsoft ® Word ® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows)