Slash should break words at end of line like hyphen.

I'm using Microsoft Word 2003. Sometimes I put words together with the slash,
such as writer/producer/director. Web addresses (URLs) also use slashes. When
a string of words with slashes nears the end of a line, Word wraps the whole
string as if it's all one word. To get around this, I use spaces around the
slash, but this should be unnecessary. Sometimes I also use hyphens, such as
writer-producer-director, but this does not work for URLs. The slash should
be coded like the hyphen. When a hyphen joins words, the string of words will
break at the end of a line at the hyphens. The slash should be coded like the
hyphen to break words at the end of a line.

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Jezebel
Fri Mar 31 16:56:13 CST 2006

Use a no-width optional break after the slash (from the Special Characters
tab under Insert > Symbol). That's what they're for. Problem otherwise is
that you don't always want a slash to break; and then you'd need a
'non-break slash' (like the non-break hyphen).




"Wilbur" <Wilbur@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D021E321-DB79-4D86-8EA3-862C559DEB58@microsoft.com...
> I'm using Microsoft Word 2003. Sometimes I put words together with the
> slash,
> such as writer/producer/director. Web addresses (URLs) also use slashes.
> When
> a string of words with slashes nears the end of a line, Word wraps the
> whole
> string as if it's all one word. To get around this, I use spaces around
> the
> slash, but this should be unnecessary. Sometimes I also use hyphens, such
> as
> writer-producer-director, but this does not work for URLs. The slash
> should
> be coded like the hyphen. When a hyphen joins words, the string of words
> will
> break at the end of a line at the hyphens. The slash should be coded like
> the
> hyphen to break words at the end of a line.
>
> ----------------
> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
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> click "I Agree" in the message pane.
>
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Al
Wed Apr 05 16:13:45 CDT 2006

"Jezebel" <warcrimes@whitehouse.gov> wrote in
news:#32KSZRVGHA.4300@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl:

> Use a no-width optional break after the slash (from the Special
> Characters tab under Insert > Symbol). That's what they're for.
> Problem otherwise is that you don't always want a slash to break; and
> then you'd need a 'non-break slash' (like the non-break hyphen).
>
>
>
>
> "Wilbur" <Wilbur@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D021E321-DB79-4D86-8EA3-862C559DEB58@microsoft.com...
>> I'm using Microsoft Word 2003. Sometimes I put words together with
>> the slash,
>> such as writer/producer/director. Web addresses (URLs) also use
>> slashes. When
>> a string of words with slashes nears the end of a line, Word wraps
>> the whole
>> string as if it's all one word. To get around this, I use spaces
>> around the
>> slash, but this should be unnecessary. Sometimes I also use hyphens,
>> such as
>> writer-producer-director, but this does not work for URLs. The slash
>> should
>> be coded like the hyphen. When a hyphen joins words, the string of
>> words will
>> break at the end of a line at the hyphens. The slash should be coded
>> like the
>> hyphen to break words at the end of a line.
>>
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