/text/shared/guide/space_hyphen.xhp protected spaces;inserting spaces; inserting protected spaces hyphens;inserting custom conditional separators separators; conditional dashes non-breaking dashes replacing;dashes protected dashes exchanging, see also replacing Inserting Protected Spaces, Hyphens and Conditional Separators Non-breaking spaces To prevent two words from being separated at the end of a line, hold down the Command key Ctrl key and the Shift key when you type a space between the words. In Calc, you cannot insert non-breaking spaces. Non-breaking dash An example of a non-breaking dash is a company name such as A-Z. Obviously you would not want A- to appear at the end of a line and Z at the beginning of the next line. To solve this problem, press Shift+Ctrl+ minus sign. In other words, hold down the Shift and Ctrl keys and press the minus key. Hyphen, dash In order to enter longer dashes, you can find under Tools - AutoCorrect Options - Options the Replace dashes option. This option replaces one or two minus signs under certain conditions with an en-dash or an em-dash (see $[officename] Help). For additional replacements see the replacements table under Tools - AutoCorrect Options - Replace. Here you can, among other things, replace a shortcut automatically by a dash, even in another font. Definite separator To support automatic hyphenation by entering a separator inside a word yourself, use the keys Command Ctrl+minus sign. The word is separated at this position when it is at the end of the line, even if automatic hyphenation for this paragraph is switched off. Special characters