New line in icon name on desktop?

[Guest]

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How can I force the text in the name of an icon to break to a new
line?

----------------------- EXAMPLE --------------------------

For example, I might this name for an icon on the desktop:

"XP happy & content"

which might show as:

"XP happy &
content"

but which I want to show with a line break in a different position:

"XP happy
& content"

--------------------- END EXAMPLE ------------------------

 

[Guest]

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Hi Will,

Press the space bar after the word happy until the line wraps.

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Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
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Will wrote:
> How can I force the text in the name of an icon to break
> to a new line?
>
> ----------------------- EXAMPLE
> --------------------------
>
> For example, I might this name for an icon on the
> desktop:
>
> "XP happy & content"
>
> which might show as:
>
> "XP happy &
> content"
>
> but which I want to show with a line break in a different
> position:
>
> "XP happy
> & content"
>
> --------------------- END EXAMPLE
> ------------------------

 

[pip22]

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Really -- I can't believe this required online help, or help from
anywhere for that matter!
And I thought I had a learning problem!


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[Guest]

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On Sun 10 Jul 2005 21:10:53, Bert Kinney wrote:
>
> Hi Will,
>
> Press the space bar after the word happy until the line wraps.
>


If I use the space bar then the icon's text no longer centers
properly. In fact it starts to look like a bit of a mess!

But I want to *improve* the looks of the text!

Will.


> Will wrote:
>> How can I force the text in the name of an icon to break
>> to a new line?
>>
>> ----------------EXAMPLE--------------------------
>>
>> For example, I might this name for an icon on the
>> desktop:
>>
>> "XP happy & content"
>>
>> which might show as:
>>
>> "XP happy &
>> content"
>>
>> but which I want to show with a line break in a different
>> position:
>>
>> "XP happy
>> & content"
>> -----------------------------------------------

 

[Guest]

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On Mon 11 Jul 2005 15:07:54, pip22 wrote:
<newsip22.1s0g1y@no-mx.forums.yourdomain.com.au>
>
> Really -- I can't believe this required online help, or help from
> anywhere for that matter!
> And I thought I had a learning problem!
>


Heh heh! Except that your suggestion doesn't work.

If the screen font magnification is changed or the font or font size
changed then the spaces make a real mess. In fact they make a real
mess without any of those things happening. You have tried it
haven't you? If not then I can tell you that the character alignment
is a joke. See my other post in this thread.

In the end, I am looking to manually force a line break. Do you know
what key combo would generate a line break in the icon text?

 

[frodo]

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can't be done. alt-enter often enters what is known as a "hard LF", but
not in this case.