Non-breaking spaces in text.

Hyphen, plus, whatever, it just means hit both keys; I do not think there is a standard notation for this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control-Alt-Delete

Hi Darren,

Thanks for compiling your testing notes! You certainly had a fair go at solving the problem. I had another go myself and experienced the same behavior – my sincere apologies!

You are correct that non-breaking spaces do NOT currently work in Storyline 360. 

I have since found a few other feature requests submitted via our feature request form, and I've logged an additional feature request in your behalf. You're in the right place, and we'll post all updates here once we have them!

Hi John

 Thanks for the response, I appreciate your taking the time to answer.

 But no, does not work regardless of Num Lock setting. I have tried inserting Alt-0160 with and without Num Lock and using Insert -> Symbol and choosing character 0160 from the character map. Just does not work. I get a space, but it's a breaking one, I've tried inserting a nonbreaking space in a word document and then copying and pasting that into the Articulate document (this works in PowerPoint, for example) and that does not work either.

 Pasting from Word using the different options (like Keep Source Formatting) does not work either.

 If I paste a nonbreaking space in from Word (or PPT) and then copy and paste it back from Articulate into Word  (or PPT), it turns into a regular space. So Articulate is somehow converting it to being the wrong character. FWIW, en rule "Alt+0150" works fine.

 I did not express my disappointment without having a fair go at solving the problem, I assure you.

 I installed the program two days ago, so it is completely up to date.

Thanks anyway.

Hi Darren,  

It worked on my end.  I used the number pad at the right side of my keyboard with NumLock enabled.  Hope this helps.  

As of 2018 Alt-0160 does not work in Storyline360, whether using number row or numeric keypad or even the Symbol menu where it is called 'NO BREAK SPACE'. Pretty underwhelming.

ALT+0160 works for me. Have you tried using the right-side numeric keyboard?

If Michel's suggestion doesn't work, you can also type SHIFT+ENTER where you want the line to break. That will insert a soft return (i.e., start a new line without starting a new paragraph). It's labor intensive if there are a lot of instances, and you might have to go back later and delete the soft return if any text editing impacts the wrapping. But it does allow you to control exactly where the lines wrap.

Please type "Alt+0160" where you want the non-breaking space to be!

Two workaround options in the interim that might be very painful to do but should work . . .

1) Have the text set up in another program, like Word.  Take a screenshot and insert that into Storyline as a graphic.

2) Create your text in HTML pages and insert it in Storyline as local web objects.

To my knowledge there is no way to do a non-breaking space. It is one of a number of typographic functions that have yet to be implemented, e.g., proper tabs, em and en dashes, text wrapping or filling odd shapes. I know that more sophisticated text support has been a common topic on the forum and suggest you make a feature request. The more requests they get about items the likely they are to implement them. (Stepping down from my soapbox...)