Cora Knutson

Line Breaks with Font Changes

I have a document that is inserting a line break after an open quotation mark. Both Asian language rules (ex. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb688158.aspx) and Latin language rules say that Word should not break after an open quote. This particular open quotation mark is in Times New Roman (English) followed by characters in PMingLiU (Chinese). I assume the font change the cause for the line break as if I alter the open quotation to also be PMingLiU, Word keeps it together. I also know that I can force a line break before the open quotation, but this text will not always be at the end of the line, and this would force me to edit the break every time I use the document. So, is there way to turn the break off or insert some kind of non-breaking-open-quotation (not unlike a non-breaking-space)? I want to keep the fonts, but also keep the Times New Roman quotation mark and PMingLiU characters together. Thanks for your help.

Cora

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Answer

Jay Freedman

When I try to reproduce that situation, the line does not break between the TNR open quote and the PMingLiU text. This leads me to suspect that one of the font files, or perhaps Word itself, is damaged and needs to be repaired (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project-help/repair-office-programs-HA010357402.aspx).

Another possibility is to use a zero-width no-break space. To do that, after typing the open quote, type the letters FEFF and then press Alt+X. Then switch fonts and type the text. If you display nonprinting characters, it looks like this: