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Non-breaking space in PowerPoint

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Kim in Melb

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May 13, 2009, 7:59:01 AM5/13/09
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Understand a non-breaking space can be added via Insert Symbol (time
consuming!)or using Alt + 0160 on a number pad. Problem is, like most
laptops, mine doesn't have a number pad! Does anybody know the keyboard
shortcut for inserting the required space symbol located in the (Normal Text)
symbol set (the first blank cell is the non-breaking space).
Kim in Melb

Steve Rindsberg

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May 13, 2009, 10:54:07 AM5/13/09
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In article <0E331176-9ADC-46FF...@microsoft.com>, Kim in Melb
wrote:

I don't think there's a keyboard shortcut for inserting a no-break space, but
you can make one.

Insert a non-breaking space into some text on a slide.
Select JUST the space character and press Ctrl+C to copy it.

Now choose Tools, AutoCorrect Options and go to the AutoCorrect tab.
Under Replace, type (nb)
Type it just as shown, with the parentheses.

You'll see a little blue thingie in the "With" area to the right. Leave that
UNTOUCHED. PPT has automatically filled in the "With" text box with whatever
was on the clipboard ... a nonbreaking space in this case.

Click OK.

Now when you type (nb) PPT will replace it with a nonbreaking space as soon as
you type the closing parenthesis.

It doesn't have to be nb necessarily, but the parentheses seem necessary (other
punctuation characters might do as well but since PPT uses (c) and such already,
it seemed The Right Thing To Do.

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Kim in Melb

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May 15, 2009, 1:43:02 AM5/15/09
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Works a treat! Many thanks for your help Steve.
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Kim in Melb

david...@gmail.com

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Dec 19, 2012, 12:23:04 PM12/19/12
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It only seems to do the replacement if I type " (nb) " with spaces before and after. Maybe it's easier to just alt 0160 than space ( n b ) space backspace back backspace forward. Why doesn't ctrl+shift+space work like it does in MS Word? Is ctrl+shift reserved?

jayson...@aco-associates.com

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Oct 7, 2013, 3:32:52 AM10/7/13
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Easy answer is make one in word then copy and paste in powerpoint!

djco...@gmail.com

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Feb 5, 2014, 6:45:14 PM2/5/14
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Look for "en space" in special symbols.

jkad...@gmail.com

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Jul 6, 2016, 4:22:39 PM7/6/16
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Dne čtvrtek 6. února 2014 0:45:14 UTC+1 djco...@gmail.com napsal(a):
> Look for "en space" in special symbols.

Ribbon: "Insert" -> "Symbol"

* Go the the 6nth row, 6nth position, which is No-Break Space, Unicode 00A0.
* Insert it.

Louis-Pierre

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Jul 5, 2018, 10:24:40 AM7/5/18
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Such a lifesaver for PowerPoint on Mac where the Alt keys don't work!

Thank you Steve.

Sandi Teel

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Dec 1, 2022, 3:12:46 PM12/1/22
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YES!!!
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