Format captions with non-breaking space?

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StainlessSteelRat - 15 Jun 2005 10:40 GMT

Hi folks,

Is it possible to format captions with a non-breaking space? It doesn't look
particularly good when a caption breaks across the end of a sentence e.g.
"figure" is at the end of one line, and "4" is at the other.

TIA

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Stefan Blom - 15 Jun 2005 13:51 GMT

You can delete the space between the label and the number and then
insert a nonbreaking space by typing CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR.

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> Hi folks,
>
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> TIA

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StainlessSteelRat - 15 Jun 2005 14:28 GMT

> You can delete the space between the label and the number and then
> insert a nonbreaking space by typing CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR.

Yep, the only problem being that a field update reverts to the previous
form. It's a shame Microsoft didn't add the option for this to be
non-breaking.

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Stefan Blom - 15 Jun 2005 14:54 GMT

Are you using Insert>Reference>Caption to create your captions? If so,
the caption consists of two parts: the label, which is typed in, and
the number, which is a SEQ field:

Figure<space>{ SEQ Figure \* ARABIC }

Changing the type of space between the two should not be affected by a
field update.

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Stefan Blom
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> > You can delete the space between the label and the number and then
> > insert a nonbreaking space by typing CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR.
>
> Yep, the only problem being that a field update reverts to the previous
> form. It's a shame Microsoft didn't add the option for this to be
> non-breaking.

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StainlessSteelRat - 15 Jun 2005 15:40 GMT

> Are you using Insert>Reference>Caption to create your captions? If so,
> the caption consists of two parts: the label, which is typed in, and
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> Changing the type of space between the two should not be affected by a
> field update.

Ah apologies! I'm actually using cross references to an existing caption. So
the cross reference (label and numbe) is the information that is breaking
across the page.

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StainlessSteelRat - 16 Jun 2005 10:00 GMT

>> Are you using Insert>Reference>Caption to create your captions? If so,
>> the caption consists of two parts: the label, which is typed in, and
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> So the cross reference (label and numbe) is the information that is
> breaking across the page.

Problem solved. I edited the original caption to include a non-breaking
space, and now the cross reference also has a non-breaking space. Thanks for
your advice which gave me the idea to try this :-) (or maybe that was what
you intended)

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Stefan Blom - 20 Jun 2005 07:10 GMT

Since cross-references are actually references to hidden bookmarks,
any changes in them must be performed at the source; in this case, as
you've discovered, it means to modify the caption itself.

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> >> Are you using Insert>Reference>Caption to create your captions? If so,
> >> the caption consists of two parts: the label, which is typed in, and
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> your advice which gave me the idea to try this :-) (or maybe that was what
> you intended)

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