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If you insert a non-breaking space between the "(see..." and "...Figure..." it will force "(see..." to the next line. Non-breaking spaces are inserted off the Insert=> Symbols menu under the special characters tab. There is also a non-breaking hyphen to resolve the problem caused by hyenphenation break defaults.
>>> "J. Fraser" <tekwrite -at- ISTAR -dot- CA> 09/30/98 08:18am >>>
<snip>
...this is some text (see Figure 3-1) ...more text.
The problem is that a line break keeps getting inserted after "see" so that
the text looks like this:
...this is some text (see
Figure 3-1) ...more text
