Q. In the work cited page, the url does not stay in the line.. it keeps starting as a new line. How can I fix it?

Thank you Katheryn Park! Thank you for posting this, I am currently writing citations for a research paper, and I am elated about this info! I have been having an issue with this for several days now, and because of this post my problems have been cleared. Thank you so much, God Bless!

You're welcome Laneya! Glad I could help. :)

Once the break is made, the link is not working any more. How can I solve that have direct access

Eugenio, yes that's true. When you make a break in the Word document that also breaks the hyperlink. It really depends on what your instructor wants. Some do not want the hyperlink to work and just want the citation. If your instructor does want the hyperlink to work, than you can you can still make a physical break on the document, highlight the text of the URL in your paper, right click and select Link from the pop up menu. Here you can paste in the entire URL with no break and you will have the format correct with a physical break, but the hyperlink will still work.

Hi, if you are still wondering how to break the URL but still keep the link, you need to put your cursor where you want the URL to break and press Shift + Return to add a soft return there.

OMG ... Thank you so much for the shift + return comment. Worked like a charm.

Thanks so much for this! I hate the return of the URL on the works cited page and it invariably complicates things for students. Almost always weird formatting, too, since most civvies don't know how to wrap the URL.

Can you help me with this same problem? I am unable to add a hanging indent with a link even with this advice!Armstrong, D., & Meyr, A. (2021). Risk factors for impaired wound healing and wound complications. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/risk-factors-for-impaired-wound-healing-and-wound-complications?search=chronic%20wound&source=search_result&selectedTitle=3~150&usage_type=default&display_rank=3

Hi Rachel. I was able to get it to work but found that because the URL was so long I had to experiment a bit on where to put the breaks. Once you've pasted your citation into Word, make sure to the font style and size are are set correctly as that can change where the breaks might go. I used Times New Roman, 12" font as that is most common for papers. After I pasted into word and changed to Times New Roman, 12" font I Highlighted the entire citation and applied the hanging indent. It mostly complies but sticks out because of the URL length. I put a break after search_ that left me 2 lines at the end that still did not comply. result& selectedTitle=3~ 150&usage_type=default&display_rank=3 After the result& hit delete to get all on one line. Then I used the increase indent in the Word ribbon in front of result& and it all lined up properly. It sounds like a lot of steps but it's pretty quick. Hope this helps!