Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 46414
A do-not-break character-format attribute is needed so that words aren't hyphenated and broken apart
Last modified: 2014-10-31 14:39:56 UTC
Even leaving aside bugs, there are many instances where any line-break algorithm is bound to break down, or simply to give results the user does not desire. Issue 29319 tried to address this, but was closed by giving a workaround that would work in the user's one particular case. This happens over and over again. Right now, I have a document (an 18th-century letter with many instances of "Mr. S----h", etc., where "--" represents an em-dash), where the "workaround" consists of inserting extra spaces between words until the troublesome word falls into the next line. That's not a workaround; that's madness. In other cases, I have resorted to revising my copy. A general solution is badly needed. The obvious one is to add a new "do not break" attribute to character formats. This was used by DeScribe, and I am told it is used by WordPerfect.
Reassigned to requirements
This would be especially nice, so that hyphenated words would stay together. Currently if they are on the end of the line they break apart.
OpenOffice.org Issue Tracker - Feedback Request. The Issue you raised is currently assigned to 'Requirements' pending review, but has not been updated within the last 3 years. Please consider re-testing with one of the latest versions of OOo, as the problem(s) may have already been addressed. Either use the recent stable version: http://download.openoffice.org/index.html or consider trying the new OOo 3 BETA (still in testing): http://download.openoffice.org/3.0beta/ Please report back the outcome so this Issue may be Closed or Progressed as necessary - otherwise it may be Resolved as Invalid in the future. You may also wish to search for (and note) any duplicates of this Issue that may have advanced further by checking the Issue Tracker: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/query.cgi Many thanks, Andrew Cleaning-up and Closing old Issues as part of: ~ The Grand Bug Squash, pre v3 ~ http://marketing.openoffice.org/3.0/announcementbeta.html
The suggested fix does not yet exist as of the first 3.0 beta, and I am unaware of any other improvement.
If this has been adressed I can not find it. My usecase is that I want to write a short Linux commandline inside a paragraph and getting a linebreak in the middle is not good.