Microsoft KB Archive/47538

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Special Characters That Affect Lines, Paragraphs, Pages

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Q47538

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

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SUMMARY
The following is a list of keys and key combinations and their effects:

  Key                   Action ---                  --

ENTER                Starts a new paragraph on a new line

SHIFT+ENTER          Starts a new line without starting a new paragraph

TAB                  Moves text following to next tab stop

CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR  Inserts a nonbreaking space, which prevents a                         new line from starting between two words

CTRL+- (hyphen)      Divides a word and displays and prints a                         hyphen at the end of a line if the word falls at the beginning of a line and the portion of                        the word before the hyphen and the hyphen fit at the end of the previous line

CTRL+SHIFT+- (hyphen) Inserts a nonbreaking hyphen, which prevents a hyphenated word from breaking between two lines after the hyphen

CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER     Inserts a hard column break without starting> a new section Additional query words: 6.0 1.x 2.0 word6 winword winword2 2.0a-CD2.0b

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