non-breaking variables

[livetoski]

Hi, I recall that in FrameMaker I didn't have to worry about variables breaking at the end of a line. Is there any way to prevent a variable from breaking at the end of a line and wrapping to the next? I have a variable that is the product name, N-central, that is breaking on the hyphen. Thanks. Linda

[LTinker68]

The only way I can think of doing it off the top of my head is to create a span (or generic) class and set the white-space property (under the Block group) to "nowrap". When you insert the variable into the topic, apply that new span/generic class to the variable.

I don't know if that will actually work, so test it, but in theory it should work.

[livetoski]

Thanks Lisa, I will try this and let you know.

[livetoski]

Nope, doesn't appear to work. Thanks for the help. I will log a bug for this. Linda

[SDilg]

Good afternoon,

I am having the same difficulty described above by livetoski. My variable, which is also a product name, is breaking across lines and being hyphenated. Has anyone discovered a solution for this one?

Thank you,

SDilg

[livetoski]

No they haven't solved this, but we have a solution. It may have come from Flare, as we were very concerned about this. Put the following style into your style sheet and apply it where you don't want a break:

p.nohyphen
{
mc-hyphenate: never;
}

Work around, really, but there you go.

[SDilg]

Fantastic, I will go with that! I really appreciate your help!

Thanks,

SDilg

[livetoski]

you are very welcome, I am sorry I didn't think to post it sooner. Linda