<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="31" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>To prevent two words from being separated at the end of a line, press the <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">Command key</help:case><help:default>Ctrl key</help:default></help:switch> when you type a space between the words.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="32" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>An example of a non-breaking dash is a company name such as A-Z. Obviously you would not want A- to appear at the end of a line and Z at the beginning of the next line. To solve this problem, press Shift+Ctrl+ minus sign. In other words, hold down the Shift and Ctrl keys and press the minus key.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="66" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>In order to enter longer dashes, you can find under <span class="T1">Tools - AutoCorrect</span><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER"><span class="T1">/AutoFormat</span></help:case></help:switch><span class="T1"> - Options</span> the <span class="T1">Replace dashes</span> option. This option replaces one or two minus signs under certain conditions with a long dash (see <help:link Id="65826" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Help</help:link>).</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="67" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>For additional replacements see the replacements table under<span class="T1">Tools - AutoCorrect</span><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER"><span class="T1">/AutoFormat</span></help:case></help:switch><span class="T1"> - </span><help:link Id="65876" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><span class="T1">Replace</span></help:link>. Here you can, among other things, replace a shortcut automatically by a dash, even in another font.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="60" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>To support automatic hyphenation by entering a separator inside a word yourself, use the keys <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">Command</help:case><help:default>Ctrl</help:default></help:switch>+minus sign. The word is separated at this position when it is at the end of the line, even if automatic hyphenation for this paragraph is switched off.</p>