PowerPoint is a little bit weird. On one hand there is no hard space (ctrl + space, ctrl + alt + space do not work). On the other hand, however, inserting hard space from num pad works. PowerPoint NOT ONLY inserts this character but INTERPRETS it right – so keeps word after it together with the word before hard space.
To insert hard space:
alt + 0160
(keep alt pressed and press on numpad ‘0’,’1’,’6’,’0’ and release alt).
Thank you! :-)
ReplyDeletethanks. why dont MS let us use ctrl-shift-space in powerpoint?
DeleteI don't really know... but it was annoying as hell to me.
DeleteYou know, this indicates the arrogance and ignorance of the MS programmers. Perhaps the folks they hire do not understand the niceties of having the written word easy to understand. Beyond annoying.
ReplyDeleteYou'd think by 2012 they would have this fixed.
ReplyDeleteYou'd think they would have the compatbility from Word.
Indeed! BTW what if you have a reduced (MS in my case) keyboard without a numeric keypad?
ReplyDeleteyou can also use insert symbol, then type in the character code 160 and select from ASCII (decimal) and that works
DeleteHey,
ReplyDeletea big thanks.
Kudos also for getting to the top of Google for "hard space in powerpoint 2010"
:-)
thanks - it would be great if Office help was as helpful as this.
ReplyDeleteThank you!!! works perfectly
ReplyDeleteIt's now 2018, and this issue is still not corrected!!
ReplyDeleteAlt + 0160 is not really a big deal for a non-breaking space, but hell, how hard is it to fix this bug?
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It is now 2021 and I have just found your post - thank you so much for your help in fixing this PowerPoint annoyance of inserting a hard (non-breaking)space. At last ...
ReplyDeleteI visited your city some 25 years ago ... I guess it will have changed somewhat over that time!!!!
Thank you so very much!! I'm grateful you posted this. It is rather a poor showing for Microsoft that answers in a decade old forum posts are still relevant to its current incarnation.
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