Text Formatting ⇒ Prevent Separation of Number and Unit Symbol

[annmucc]

I am sure this has probably come up before, but I cannot find it - I am guessing I might not be using the correct search terms?

Anyways, I have the term '4 \textcelsius' in my source file to get the term 4 °C. However, LaTeX insists on splitting 4 and °C on two separate lines. Is there any way of forcing it to put them together? I only seem to have this problem once as yet, so a solution that will work for one instances is more than perfect!

Thanks
Ann

[frabjous]

Use a non-breaking space, ~:

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4~\textcelsius

[localghost]

For physical quantities like this use the excellent siunitx package. The line break problem then should vanish.

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{siunitx}

\begin{document}
  \SI{4}{\celsius}
\end{document}

For details refer to the package manual.


Thorsten

[annmucc]

Thanks for your help! This has solved my problem brilliantly.

Ann