Is it possible to insert a nonbreaking space in Powerpoint?

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Hi Luc,

It's a great help, thanks a bunch! I need to keep dollar amounts in French
together (they're separated by spaces as opposed to commas in English) and
this will help me format the slides much better.

Thanks again :)
 
This answers my query too but is there a better shortcut as in Word such as
Ctrl + shift + Space Bar
Deb
 
No, but you can do a SHIFT+ENTER to do a soft return to push down what you
want on the second line.
 
Yes, If you go into Tools Autocorrect options and assign it there. In my case I
have assigned Alt+0160 to -- so that every time I insert a double hyphen it
makes it into a non braking space.

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This answers my query too but is there a better shortcut as in Word such as
Ctrl + shift + Space Bar
Deb
 
Alt+0160 is just the answer I was looking for. How frustrating that this
"secret code" does not appear to be mentioned anywhere in PowerPoint help!

Now the follow up: I need the code for a nonbreaking HYPHEN as well. This is
because my non-breaking space is going between a quotation and a hyphen, and
again between the hyphen and the name of the person being quoted, thus:

"I thought the soda was too fizzy." - John, 25 year old male

I have to prevent the line from breaking between the end of the quote and
the beginning of the attribution. So not only do I need two non-breaking
spaces, I need a non-breaking hyphen, too! Who can give me the secret code
for that?

Thanks, Malcolm

 
I wrote "nonbreaking hyphen," but what I actually need is the code to make a
nonbreaking EN DASH or EM DASH. Thanks.
 
Alt+0160 is just the answer I was looking for. How frustrating that this
"secret code" does not appear to be mentioned anywhere in PowerPoint help!

Now the follow up: I need the code for a nonbreaking HYPHEN as well. This is
because my non-breaking space is going between a quotation and a hyphen, and
again between the hyphen and the name of the person being quoted, thus:

"I thought the soda was too fizzy." - John, 25 year old male

I have to prevent the line from breaking between the end of the quote and
the beginning of the attribution. So not only do I need two non-breaking
spaces, I need a non-breaking hyphen, too! Who can give me the secret code
for that?
Click to expand...

Alt+0173

And you can do Insert, Symbol in PPT or in Windows do Start, All Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, Character Map.

Either one gets you variations on a little applet that shows you all the
available characters in your chosen font and how to get them from the keyboard.

The one you're after is called a Soft Hyphen.

Re your later post, I don't think there's such a thing as a non-breaking Em or
En dash.
 
If you download AutoHotKey, the following code will make PowerPoint behave just like word for non-breaking spaces and hyphens:

; ####################################################################
; non-breaking in PowerPoint.

#IfWinActive, ahk_exe POWERPNT.EXE ; MAKE MACROS ONLY ACTIVE IN PowerPoint

; non-breaking hyphen
^+-::
Send {ASC 8208}
Return

; non-breaking space
^+Space::
Send {ASC 0160}
Return

#IfWinActive ; RESET SPECIFICITY

; ####################################################################
 
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