Trying to Get Word Wrap Working

[Glese]

This is the CSS of a table. The table holds text data which is an user contribution.

 

table.character_artwork_table {
    clear: both;
    border: 1px solid #e2e2e2;
    min-width: 600px;
    max-width: 750px;
    empty-cells: show;
    margin: 2em 0 2em 0em;
}
table.character_artwork_table td {
    border: 1px dashed lightgrey;
    padding: 0 0 0 0.2em;
}


/* Contribution Area */

table.character_artwork_table tr:last-child > td {
    padding: 2em 0 2em 2em;
    font-family: verdana;
    font-size: 12pt;
    letter-spacing: 0;
    line-height: 1;
}

/* Description Area */

table.character_artwork_table tr:nth-last-child(3) p {
   padding: 1em 0 1em 0;
   word-wrap: break-word;
}


table.character_artwork_table tr:first-child, 
table.character_artwork_table tr:nth-child(2), 
table.character_artwork_table tr:nth-child(3) {
    background-color: #f9f9f9;
}
table.character_artwork_table tr:nth-last-child(2) {
    background-color: #f9f9f9;
}
table.character_artwork_table tr td:first-child img {
    margin: 5px -20px -40px 5px;
    
}

 

I think I did use the word-wrap in the right way, though I seem to have not, otherwise it would work.

 

Let me explain, the table itself has a maximum width of 750px as you can see in the first block at the top, I am using the word warp property in the description area of the table, and when an entry like for example a continuous string has been done, which breaks the boundaries of the table and stretches the table further than the maximum width than I would like to have the continuous string to be broken BY the maximum width.

 

I also used the break-word attribute, which is supposed to break words which are normally unbreakable.

 

So far, so good, so far I tried to use this property the way I understood it from the description on W3C here: http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css3_pr_word-wrap.asp

 

Though why does now a continuous string entry like "blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" not get broken, for me, in my script? And that exactly describes my question.

 

Even though I used everything the way I understood from the documentation this long word still does not get broken.

 

Any suggestions?

[Glese]

I got it working, it only seems to work with a div.