In the Replace with box (2), type ‘ ^smm.‘ (again, without the quotes).

In the Find what box (1), type ‘ mm.‘ (without the quotes, and where represents pressing the spacebar).

Here’s how I would replace ‘mm.’ with ‘mm.’: So think carefully how you will tackle the Find/Replace-you only want to replace the spaces in the correct strings.

without specifying ‘match case’ and accidentally changed all authors names in the reference list who had ‘M.’ as their initial! If you catch it immediately, ‘Undo’ is your friend.

For example, I did a Find/Replace for ‘m. You need to think about what you’re changing and what effects those changes might have on legitimate text. To use Find/Replace to replace certain spaces with nonbreaking spaces:īefore you run off and start doing Find/Replace without thinking, STOP. How the text looks when you force the two elements to stay together In the image below, some of the values and units of measure have split over two lines (yellow highlights), and others (green highlights) have the potential to split if changes are made to the styles, page layout etc. Splitting things that should be together like this affects the readability and therefore the ‘understandability’ of the document. If you use a standard space, then, depending on where the two parts are in the text, they may get split when you change the font, font size, page margins, etc., or it may gain extra white space if you change to fully justified text (left and right margins all lined up). Or perhaps a date like 3 September, where you don’t want the 3 on one line and September on the next. We all know how to enter a space in Word-you just press the Spacebar, right? But what if the space you entered causes two parts of a whole to split over a line? For example, you might have a figure and a unit of measure (such as 150 mm) and you don’t want to separate the ‘mm’ part from the ‘150’ part-ever.

Word for mac non breaking space