Insert a nonbreaking hyphen - Help and How-to

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Insert a nonbreaking hyphen

Applies to: Microsoft Office Word 2003

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Click where you want to insert the nonbreaking hyphen (nonbreaking hyphen: A hyphen that's used to prevent a hyphenated word, number, or phrase from breaking if it falls at the end of a line. For example, you can prevent 555-0123 from breaking; instead, the entire item moves to the beginning of the next line.).
Press CTRL+SHIFT+HYPHEN.