Thread: No-width optional break doesn't work from Insert
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Old 09-10-2020, 11:27 PM
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A zero width space Alt+8203 (or from the Symbols menu a 'No-Width Optional Break') simply inserts a no width space. It does not create a line break. If you want to insert a line break surely you need Shift+Enter?

A zero width space will however allow a line to wrap naturally at that point rather than the whole word wrapping to a new line when the line is filled.

Both methods of inserting the space appear to work in exactly the same way and if non-printing characters are displayed (¶ button on the Home tab) a symbol that looks like two concentric vertical rectangles is inserted to indicate the character.
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