word-wrap:break-word not working in IE8

Question

Can anyone please tell me why word-wrap: break-word will not work in IE8?

I have this working in other browsers but IE8 refuses to listen despite readin

Answer 1

After looking at this example code from Microsoft:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms531186%28VS.85%29.aspx

I managed to fix my issues with IE-8 with the following addition to the document and header:

...and then use this (official) CSS directive:

word-wrap: break-word;