Line Breaks

LaTeX works very hard to find optimal places to split lines of text in making paragraphs. You can help it by indicating when it should avoid a line break. Use a ~ for a space that should not be used to break a line.

When shouldn't you break a line?

1. Don't break a line between a title such as Mr., Ms., Dr., etc., and the name that follows it.
2. Don't break a line between a number and the units that follow it.
3. Don't break a line between the words in a name.

LaTeX inserts more space at the end of a sentence then between its words. If you use an abbreviation like Dr. in the middle of a sentence, then you need to let LaTeX know that the period is not the end of a sentence, with a ~ (if the line should not be broken there) or a \ followed by a space (if the line could be broken there).

If you need to force a line to break at a given point, use \\.