No-width optional break in Word 2016 for Mac

[maxk...@gmail.com]

I've Googled this topic and found dozens of people asking for this but no solution. How do I type a zero-width optional break in Word on a Mac?

This is a character that you can insert in e.g. a URL so that it will break the line there if needed. On the PC version of Word, you just go Insert > Advanced Symbol > Special Characters, but it's missing from the list on Mac. It's alt code 8203.

http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/200B/index.htm

[amanda.z...@gmail.com]

Try moving the cursor through the URL to the spot where you want to insert a line break and hit SHIFT + ENTER. The text should move to the next line without messing up the URL.

[ahlstrom...@gmail.com]

On Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 4:11:18 PM UTC-6, maxk...@gmail.com wrote:

They still haven't put this into Word on macOS. The correct solution is to go to macOS's "Show Emoji & Symbols," go down to Unicode at the bottom of the sidebar, scroll to row 2000, and double-click that row under the B column to insert the character ZERO WIDTH SPACE.

I had to do this once today, so I know it works. You can probably set an autocorrect for this in Word, but I haven't tried that.