[SalesForce] word-wrap not working with VisualForce PDF generation

I cannot get word-wrap to work in a VisualForce page, which is rendered as a PDF. There is a table with a column called Comments and this contains a long string without any spaces. The long string is pushing the rest table off the PDF page.

I attempted to use the CSS attribute word-wrap: break-word; but this is not working. This is because the word-wrap attribute was introduced in CSS 3 and SalesForce uses Flying Saucer to render there PDF.

Flying Saucer only supports a handful of CSS 3 attributes and the word-wrap attribute is not one of them. Flying Saucer has strong support for CSS 2.1.

Is there a way to wrap words in CSS 2.1/Flying Saucer?

Here is my VisualForce page:

<apex:page renderAs="pdf" Controller="TaskController">
<head>
.wrapWithWordBreak {
    word-wrap: break-word;
}
</head>
    <table class="bordered">
        <thead>
            <tr>
                <th>Subject</th>
                <th>Comments</th>
                <th>Date</th>
                <th>Address</th>
            </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
            <apex:repeat value="{!tasks}" var="t">
            <tr>
                <td><apex:outputText value="{!t.Subject}"/></td>
                <td class="wrapWithWordBreak"><apex:outputText value="{!t.Comments}"/></td>
                <td><apex:outputField value="{!t.Date}"/></td>
                <td><apex:outputField value="{!t.Address}"/></td>
            </tr>
            </apex:repeat>
        </tbody>
    </table>
</apex:page>

Here is my controller:

public class TaskController
{
    public list<Task> tasks{get;set;}

    public TaskController()
    {
        tasks =[SELECT Subject, Comments, Date, Address from Task];
    }
}

Table that is displayed in rendered pdf:

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Best Answer

In the Code Coverage podcast with Josh Birk there was mention of an improved PDF rendering engine pilot at the 19 minute 30 second mark.

I couldn't find mention of it on Google or in the IdeaExchange Pilot/Beta list.

It sounds like you need to raise a ticket or contact Josh directly to get in the pilot.

Will it solve you word-wrap issue? I don't know. But getting on the pilot would be a good way to get it supported in the future.

Update Summer '17 - Use Advanced PDF to Render Visualforce Pages as PDF Files (Pilot)

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