How do you stop words from being split across two lines in Word 2010?

Anonymous
2010-08-10T23:06:00+00:00

Help please, have installed Word 2010 and cannot work out why the words get split at the end of a line, leaving half the word on one line and the other half getting pushed onto the next.  Any ideas much appreciated!

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Anonymous
2014-11-26T10:34:35+00:00

The same problem with Microsoft Word can be solved by the following steps:

1- Close Word

2- Navigate to Start->Programs->Microsoft Office->Microsoft Office Tools->Microsoft Office Language Preference

3- Add Japanese

4- Open Word

5- In right Click menu: Select Paragraph...

6- Go to the "Asian Typography" Tab.

7- Deselect: "Allow Latin text to wrap in the middle of a word"

8- Click OK

The problem will be solved. Now if you don't want to have Japanese you can remove it from:

Start->Programs->Microsoft Office->Microsoft Office Tools->Microsoft Office Language Preference

Good Luck!

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Anonymous
2013-03-26T01:12:39+00:00

I have found the solution (a little late, yes, but useful nowadays since no one was able to figure it out). It has to do with the Japanese language support (I don't know why, but it is like that). I found the solution here: http://www.mraggarwal.com/2007/05/11/powerpoint-word-wrap-splitting-words-down-the-middle/ I hope it helps to the people having this issue and I also hope that Microsoft takes a look at this weird issue.

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Anonymous
2010-08-11T08:23:35+00:00

Word should not split words like that. It suggests a serious bug with the printer driver. Try switching printers or updating your existing printer driver.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-02-14T06:23:23+00:00

    This is generally the result of a change in format / formatting error. 

    It can be fixed easily by highlighting the paragraph and clicking on the 'clear formatting' button, near where the text font and size are displayed.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-07-19T13:43:09+00:00

    I had this issue on different occasions. And I have read many threads about this but none of them really helped. Well, there are two things I didn't try - removing the Japanese language support. I was thinking what if I needed that language support. This can't be the solution then. I didn't copy it to notepad either, special characters didn't carry over. 

    This word splitting problem usually happens when I copy something from the internet or from a document edited by other people. I always tried to fix this in a dumb way - retype everything on a new line. This really hit me again and this time it is a big document and the problem persists throughout the whole document. Here is what I found useful:

    Turn on formatting mark, and you'll likely see a little uppercase circle between words. That is your problem! That is called nonbreaking space. Now go to Find/Replace, in the find box, put in ^s and in the replace box, put in a space (yes, you simply need to press the space bar once). Do Replace All and now you document should look normal.

    Oh, I did this in Word 2010. Hope this is helpful, guys. Good luck!

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