For example, if the text "100 km" or "Mr Bill Bloggs" does not quite fit at the end of a line, Word will insert a line break between "100" and "km" or between "Mr" and "Bill Bloggs". Non-breaking spaces prevent this from happening.
The non-breaking space guarantees that the text will not be broken; if it does not fit at the end of a line then the whole thing is moved to the next line. Whenever you want to make sure that two or more adjacent words appear on the same line as each other use non-breaking spaces instead of regular spaces. To enter a non-breaking space hold down both the Ctrl and Shift keys as you press the Spacebar.
Different versions of Word have different visual indicators for the non-breaking space when you click the Show/Hide control. Normally a space is shown as a dot on the text centre-line, in Word for Mac the non-breaking space is the dot with a wavey line above. In Word for Windows the non-breaking space is displayed as a small superscript circle. Try the shortcut key Option+Spacebar on your Mac as an alternative to Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar.
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