Typographic and editorial rules

Nonbreaking space, nonbreaking hyphen

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Use nonbreaking space to avoid inappropriate end-of-line breaks between a number and a percentage sign, a unit, a currency, and within a reference, such as IEC 60000, TC 45

 

Similarly, use nonbreaking hyphen within a reference, such as IEC 61000-1-1

Note

In Word for Office 365,
keyboard shortcut for nonbreaking space: Ctrl+Shift+Space
keyboard shortcut for nonbreaking hyphen: Ctrl+Shift+_go.iec.ch/iecsgfont

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