Today I was entering some text for new events in iCal. I noticed that iCal was not very good at splitting syllables, at least not for German words. So I tried to avoid splitting for a few words.
By using Option-Enter (Option may also be labeled Alt), you can insert a carriage return in iCal's event editing window. This way, you get a new line and avoid wrong splitting. I knew of this key combo, but had not realized that it works in iCal, too!
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