If you’re like most people, you probably spend a lot of time editing your text in Microsoft Word. And if you’re like most people, you probably want to keep your text on the same line. But how do you do that? There are a few ways to keep your text on the same line in Microsoft Word. The easiest way is to use the ruler. Just drag the ruler down the left side of the screen and it will automatically keep your text on the same line. Another way to keep your text on the same line is to use the paragraph formatting buttons (the three lines in a triangle at the top of most paragraphs). Just click on one of these buttons and it will automatically create a new paragraph and put your text in that paragraph on the same line. If either of these methods doesn’t work for you, there are also a few other ways to get your text on the same line in Microsoft Word. You can use keyboard shortcuts, insert special characters, or change some of the formatting settings in Microsoft Word. So whatever method works best for you, just stick with it! ..
By default, Word automatically drops text to the next line when there’s a space or hyphen at the end of that line. But what if you want to keep those words containing the space or hyphen together on the same line?
With a bit of tweaking to spacing or inserting a manual break, you can certainly make this happen. But there’s another way. We’ll show you how to use nonbreaking spaces and hyphens to keep words together in your Microsoft Word document.
How to Insert a Nonbreaking Space
The nonbreaking space in Microsoft Word is considered a symbol, a special character. So you can simply replace the space between the words you want to keep together with a nonbreaking space.
Place your cursor where you want to insert the nonbreaking space. If you already have a space, you can simply select it by dragging your cursor through it.
If not, you can put the two words together with your cursor between them where you want the space.
Go to the Insert tab and click the Symbol drop-down arrow. Select “More Symbols.”
In the Symbol window that appears, click the Special Characters tab. Select “Nonbreaking Space” in the list, click “Insert,” and then “Close.”
You should then see your text adjust. The words on either side of the nonbreaking space should be together on the same line.
How to Insert a Nonbreaking Hyphen
The nonbreaking hyphen in Word works the same way as the nonbreaking space. But obviously, you’ll use this character for keeping hyphenated words together.
Place your cursor where you want to insert the nonbreaking hyphen. If you already have the hyphen, you can simply select it by dragging your cursor through it.
If not, you can put the two words together with your cursor between them where you want the hyphen.
Head to the Insert tab, click the Symbol drop-down arrow, and select “More Symbols.”
In the Symbol window, click the Special Characters tab. Select “Nonbreaking Hyphen” in the list, click “Insert,” and then “Close.”
You should then see your text adjust with the hyphenated word together on the same line.
Similar to keeping words on the same line, you can keep the lines of a paragraph together and stop them from splitting between pages. In addition, you can eliminate widow and orphan lines in your Word documents too!
