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How do I get proper hyphenation based on dictionary?
Has anyone been able to figure out how to get Word 2007 to use proper grammar
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Hi Chip,
Can you state the language settings for the text you're using, what you're expecting and what you're seeing instead and an example of text that produces the result you're getting? ============== "Chip M." Chip wrote in message ... Has anyone been able to figure out how to get Word 2007 to use proper grammar standards for hyphenation as depicted in the Main dictionary? -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Chip, Can you state the language settings for the text you're using, what you're expecting and what you're seeing instead and an example of text that produces the result you're getting? ============== "Chip M." Chip wrote in message ... Has anyone been able to figure out how to get Word 2007 to use proper grammar standards for hyphenation as depicted in the Main dictionary? -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Our office updated to Word 2007 recently and I have been having the same
problem with all of my documents. I work for a legal office and type lengthy documents and am finding that all of the documents now opened in Word 2007 have words hyphenated incorrectly. It doesn't seem to matter where you set the hyphenation zone or readjust the page layout; it still splits the words inappropriately. This has really slowed down production as I am having to read what are normally form documents line by line to check for errors in hyphenation. The attorneys I work for prefer not to use justification, so I'm just wondering if there is some easy fix for this problem. I've lived through several other Word upgrades and have never run into this before. I would appreciate any input. Thanks! "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Chip, Can you state the language settings for the text you're using, what you're expecting and what you're seeing instead and an example of text that produces the result you're getting? ============== "Chip M." Chip wrote in message ... Has anyone been able to figure out how to get Word 2007 to use proper grammar standards for hyphenation as depicted in the Main dictionary? -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Hi Cathy,
The same questions asked of the previous poster apply What are the language settings, can you give an example, are the documents new in Word 2007 or from an older version? =============== "Cathy b." wrote in message ... Our office updated to Word 2007 recently and I have been having the same problem with all of my documents. I work for a legal office and type lengthy documents and am finding that all of the documents now opened in Word 2007 have words hyphenated incorrectly. It doesn't seem to matter where you set the hyphenation zone or readjust the page layout; it still splits the words inappropriately. This has really slowed down production as I am having to read what are normally form documents line by line to check for errors in hyphenation. The attorneys I work for prefer not to use justification, so I'm just wondering if there is some easy fix for this problem. I've lived through several other Word upgrades and have never run into this before. I would appreciate any input. Thanks! -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Hi Bob,
I appreciate the response....we are really having major headaches with this. We are using U.S. English...is this what you mean by language setting? The documents are from an older version of Word (possibly even from an older conversion of WordPerfect), but we didn't have this particular problem even when we converted from WordPerfect to Word. Unfortunately, there are not too many documents (other than correspondence) that we generate from scratch. Most of what we do is based on an existing document and revised to suit the current client, so a lot of our document base is ongoing from years past. A couple of examples: The word "hereinafter" will be hyphenated as "he-reinafter" The word "thereof" will be hyphenated as "the-reof" The word "beneficiary" will be hyphenated as "be-neficiary" As indicated in my first post, I have tried everything I know to get the text to readjust properly and it's like the system just doesn't recognize these words anymore....and the documents I word on are loaded with them. You end up having to proof line by line because when specific text is inserted you never know what it's going to cause down the line and it is causing big problems for us and the attorneys on the review level. Any help you can give us will be more then welcome. Our IT department couldn't come up with any answers on their end. Thanks! "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Cathy, The same questions asked of the previous poster apply What are the language settings, can you give an example, are the documents new in Word 2007 or from an older version? =============== "Cathy b." wrote in message ... Our office updated to Word 2007 recently and I have been having the same problem with all of my documents. I work for a legal office and type lengthy documents and am finding that all of the documents now opened in Word 2007 have words hyphenated incorrectly. It doesn't seem to matter where you set the hyphenation zone or readjust the page layout; it still splits the words inappropriately. This has really slowed down production as I am having to read what are normally form documents line by line to check for errors in hyphenation. The attorneys I work for prefer not to use justification, so I'm just wondering if there is some easy fix for this problem. I've lived through several other Word upgrades and have never run into this before. I would appreciate any input. Thanks! -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Hi Cathy,
Hmmm. I wasn't able to duplicate it. Do you get the same result if you copy a paragraph of text that shows this behavior into a new Word document, then use Ctrl+Spacebar to reset the text, save and then reopen the document? Can you copy a paragraph or two of text that includes this behavior in a message or provide a link to one of the problem documents? ============== "Cathy b." wrote in message ... Hi Bob, I appreciate the response....we are really having major headaches with this. We are using U.S. English...is this what you mean by language setting? The documents are from an older version of Word (possibly even from an older conversion of WordPerfect), but we didn't have this particular problem even when we converted from WordPerfect to Word. Unfortunately, there are not too many documents (other than correspondence) that we generate from scratch. Most of what we do is based on an existing document and revised to suit the current client, so a lot of our document base is ongoing from years past. A couple of examples: The word "hereinafter" will be hyphenated as "he-reinafter" The word "thereof" will be hyphenated as "the-reof" The word "beneficiary" will be hyphenated as "be-neficiary" As indicated in my first post, I have tried everything I know to get the text to readjust properly and it's like the system just doesn't recognize these words anymore....and the documents I word on are loaded with them. You end up having to proof line by line because when specific text is inserted you never know what it's going to cause down the line and it is causing big problems for us and the attorneys on the review level. Any help you can give us will be more then welcome. Our IT department couldn't come up with any answers on their end. Thanks! -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Bob, thanks for responding. Unfortunately, I did get the same result after
copying the text into a new Word document. I tried to insert an example of the text into this reply, but it did not transfer as it appeared in the document. Sorry to be so "IT dense" but as far as sending a link to the document, how do I do that other than sending it as an attachment to an e-mail to you (about the extent of my know-how). If I don't get back to you right away, I only work on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I really appreciate your help on this. Cathy "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Cathy, Hmmm. I wasn't able to duplicate it. Do you get the same result if you copy a paragraph of text that shows this behavior into a new Word document, then use Ctrl+Spacebar to reset the text, save and then reopen the document? Can you copy a paragraph or two of text that includes this behavior in a message or provide a link to one of the problem documents? ============== "Cathy b." wrote in message ... Hi Bob, I appreciate the response....we are really having major headaches with this. We are using U.S. English...is this what you mean by language setting? The documents are from an older version of Word (possibly even from an older conversion of WordPerfect), but we didn't have this particular problem even when we converted from WordPerfect to Word. Unfortunately, there are not too many documents (other than correspondence) that we generate from scratch. Most of what we do is based on an existing document and revised to suit the current client, so a lot of our document base is ongoing from years past. A couple of examples: The word "hereinafter" will be hyphenated as "he-reinafter" The word "thereof" will be hyphenated as "the-reof" The word "beneficiary" will be hyphenated as "be-neficiary" As indicated in my first post, I have tried everything I know to get the text to readjust properly and it's like the system just doesn't recognize these words anymore....and the documents I word on are loaded with them. You end up having to proof line by line because when specific text is inserted you never know what it's going to cause down the line and it is causing big problems for us and the attorneys on the review level. Any help you can give us will be more then welcome. Our IT department couldn't come up with any answers on their end. Thanks! -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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How do I get proper hyphenation based on dictionary?
Try this on a copy. Turn off hyphenation, then click the pilcrow show/hide
button (to display formatting and hidden characters). Do you see lots of conditional hyphens? If so, replace the conditional hyphens with nothing. Then turn hyphenation back on. Is the hyphenation correct now? PamC Cathy b. wrote: Bob, thanks for responding. Unfortunately, I did get the same result after copying the text into a new Word document. I tried to insert an example of the text into this reply, but it did not transfer as it appeared in the document. Sorry to be so "IT dense" but as far as sending a link to the document, how do I do that other than sending it as an attachment to an e-mail to you (about the extent of my know-how). If I don't get back to you right away, I only work on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I really appreciate your help on this. Cathy Hi Cathy, [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] Thanks! -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ement/200806/1 |
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How do I get proper hyphenation based on dictionary?
Hi Pam, I was really hoping this might work....this method has solved similar
problems for me in the past; I should have tried it sooner. Unfortunately, it didn't do the trick...when I turned hyphenation back on, the incorrectly hyphenated words went right back to being incorrectly hyphenated! I know there has to be a way to get around this problem! Thanks for the input. Cathy "PamC via OfficeKB.com" wrote: Try this on a copy. Turn off hyphenation, then click the pilcrow show/hide button (to display formatting and hidden characters). Do you see lots of conditional hyphens? If so, replace the conditional hyphens with nothing. Then turn hyphenation back on. Is the hyphenation correct now? PamC Cathy b. wrote: Bob, thanks for responding. Unfortunately, I did get the same result after copying the text into a new Word document. I tried to insert an example of the text into this reply, but it did not transfer as it appeared in the document. Sorry to be so "IT dense" but as far as sending a link to the document, how do I do that other than sending it as an attachment to an e-mail to you (about the extent of my know-how). If I don't get back to you right away, I only work on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I really appreciate your help on this. Cathy Hi Cathy, [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] Thanks! -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ement/200806/1 |
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Hi Cathy,
Are you working in Print Layout view or 'normal'/draft view? Words will break based on screen edges in normal view. How about providing a paragraph of text that when you use it in Word 2007 in anew document does show the problem and indicate where the incorrect hyphens are appearing for you to see if folks here get the same result. (It's okay if it's just plain text g). What font are you using and what printer model and version? Are these always typed entries, or are they pasted from other documents or are they stored as Autotext or autocorrect entries. ================ "Cathy b." wrote in message ... Bob, thanks for responding. Unfortunately, I did get the same result after copying the text into a new Word document. I tried to insert an example of the text into this reply, but it did not transfer as it appeared in the document. Sorry to be so "IT dense" but as far as sending a link to the document, how do I do that other than sending it as an attachment to an e-mail to you (about the extent of my know-how). If I don't get back to you right away, I only work on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I really appreciate your help on this. Cathy -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Hi Bob,
I work in Print layout. We use Courier New font (size 12) and I have a Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet 4 printer (looks to be a 1999 model). The entries are not stored as Autotext or autocorrect entries. I basically work with power of attorney forms, trust agreements, living will directives and last wills and testaments, so some of these forms (especially the power of attorney forms) are essentially the same forms I have been working with for over 20 years (that have been initially typed in WordPerfect and are now used with Word). Obviously, portions of these documents change with every client, but essentially the base document remains unchanged. Here is a paragraph from a power of attorney (the word "thereof" in the 9th line consistently hyphenates as "the-reof") in Word2007. I'm using margins of 1.3 (top) and 1.0 for sides and bottom and this whole paragraph has a temporary left margin of 1.5 B. To ask, demand, sue for, recover, collect, receive and hold and possess all such sums of money, debts, dues, bonds, notes, checks, drafts, accounts, deposits, legacies, bequests, devises, interests, dividends, stock certifi¬cates, certificates of deposit, annuities, pension retire¬ment bene¬fits, insurance benefits and proceeds, documents of title, choses in action, personal and real property, intang¬ible and tangible property rights and demands whatsoever, liqui-dated or unliquida¬ted, as are now or shall hereafter become due, owing, payable, owned or belonging to me or in which I have or may acquire an interest and have, sue and take all lawful ways and means and legal and equitable reme¬dies, procedures and writs in my name for the collection and recovery thereof, and to compromise, settle and agree for the same, and to make, execute and deliver for me and in my name all endorsements, acquit-tances, releases, receipts or other sufficient discharg¬es for the same; The mystery continues! Again, thanks for your help. "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Cathy, Are you working in Print Layout view or 'normal'/draft view? Words will break based on screen edges in normal view. How about providing a paragraph of text that when you use it in Word 2007 in anew document does show the problem and indicate where the incorrect hyphens are appearing for you to see if folks here get the same result. (It's okay if it's just plain text g). What font are you using and what printer model and version? Are these always typed entries, or are they pasted from other documents or are they stored as Autotext or autocorrect entries. ================ "Cathy b." wrote in message ... Bob, thanks for responding. Unfortunately, I did get the same result after copying the text into a new Word document. I tried to insert an example of the text into this reply, but it did not transfer as it appeared in the document. Sorry to be so "IT dense" but as far as sending a link to the document, how do I do that other than sending it as an attachment to an e-mail to you (about the extent of my know-how). If I don't get back to you right away, I only work on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I really appreciate your help on this. Cathy -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Hi Cathy,
Hmmm, it does look like a proofing tools bug. I had to pull the right margin in to 1 1/2" to finally get 'thereof' to wrap so it would hyphenate but in Word 2007 'thereof' is definitely splitting at the-reof rather than there-of with auto hyphenation. For a one time fix you can use Page Layout=Hyphenation=Hyphenation Options=[Manual] to walk the document and choose 'no' for the split in 'there-of' or for a more reusable one you might try these steps. 1. Type then select 'thereof' and use Review=Proofing=Set Language and set the word to 'Do not check spelling or grammar' just for that word, and then 2. Place your cursor between there|of, and use (Ctrl+hyphen) or Insert=Symbol=More Symbols=Special Characters=Optional Hyphen to place an optional hyphen to get there¬of. 3. You can then highlight there¬of and use (Alt, T, A) to store it as a formatted autocorrect entry to replace 'thereof' as you type it. ========= "Cathy b." wrote in message ... Hi Bob, I work in Print layout. We use Courier New font (size 12) and I have a Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet 4 printer (looks to be a 1999 model). The entries are not stored as Autotext or autocorrect entries. I basically work with power of attorney forms, trust agreements, living will directives and last wills and testaments, so some of these forms (especially the power of attorney forms) are essentially the same forms I have been working with for over 20 years (that have been initially typed in WordPerfect and are now used with Word). Obviously, portions of these documents change with every client, but essentially the base document remains unchanged. Here is a paragraph from a power of attorney (the word "thereof" in the 9th line consistently hyphenates as "the-reof") in Word2007. I'm using margins of 1.3 (top) and 1.0 for sides and bottom and this whole paragraph has a temporary left margin of 1.5 B. To ask, demand, sue for, recover, collect, receive and hold and possess all such sums of money, debts, dues, bonds, notes, checks, drafts, accounts, deposits, legacies, bequests, devises, interests, dividends, stock certifi¬cates, certificates of deposit, annuities, pension retire¬ment bene¬fits, insurance benefits and proceeds, documents of title, choses in action, personal and real property, intang¬ible and tangible property rights and demands whatsoever, liqui-dated or unliquida¬ted, as are now or shall hereafter become due, owing, payable, owned or belonging to me or in which I have or may acquire an interest and have, sue and take all lawful ways and means and legal and equitable reme¬dies, procedures and writs in my name for the collection and recovery thereof, and to compromise, settle and agree for the same, and to make, execute and deliver for me and in my name all endorsements, acquit-tances, releases, receipts or other sufficient discharg¬es for the same; The mystery continues! Again, thanks for your help. -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Bob, thank you for the tips. I'll try them and see which was works best. I
really appreciate your perseverance in this. Cathy "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Cathy, Hmmm, it does look like a proofing tools bug. I had to pull the right margin in to 1 1/2" to finally get 'thereof' to wrap so it would hyphenate but in Word 2007 'thereof' is definitely splitting at the-reof rather than there-of with auto hyphenation. For a one time fix you can use Page Layout=Hyphenation=Hyphenation Options=[Manual] to walk the document and choose 'no' for the split in 'there-of' or for a more reusable one you might try these steps. 1. Type then select 'thereof' and use Review=Proofing=Set Language and set the word to 'Do not check spelling or grammar' just for that word, and then 2. Place your cursor between there|of, and use (Ctrl+hyphen) or Insert=Symbol=More Symbols=Special Characters=Optional Hyphen to place an optional hyphen to get there¬of. 3. You can then highlight there¬of and use (Alt, T, A) to store it as a formatted autocorrect entry to replace 'thereof' as you type it. ========= "Cathy b." wrote in message ... Hi Bob, I work in Print layout. We use Courier New font (size 12) and I have a Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet 4 printer (looks to be a 1999 model). The entries are not stored as Autotext or autocorrect entries. I basically work with power of attorney forms, trust agreements, living will directives and last wills and testaments, so some of these forms (especially the power of attorney forms) are essentially the same forms I have been working with for over 20 years (that have been initially typed in WordPerfect and are now used with Word). Obviously, portions of these documents change with every client, but essentially the base document remains unchanged. Here is a paragraph from a power of attorney (the word "thereof" in the 9th line consistently hyphenates as "the-reof") in Word2007. I'm using margins of 1.3 (top) and 1.0 for sides and bottom and this whole paragraph has a temporary left margin of 1.5 B. To ask, demand, sue for, recover, collect, receive and hold and possess all such sums of money, debts, dues, bonds, notes, checks, drafts, accounts, deposits, legacies, bequests, devises, interests, dividends, stock certifi¬cates, certificates of deposit, annuities, pension retire¬ment bene¬fits, insurance benefits and proceeds, documents of title, choses in action, personal and real property, intang¬ible and tangible property rights and demands whatsoever, liqui-dated or unliquida¬ted, as are now or shall hereafter become due, owing, payable, owned or belonging to me or in which I have or may acquire an interest and have, sue and take all lawful ways and means and legal and equitable reme¬dies, procedures and writs in my name for the collection and recovery thereof, and to compromise, settle and agree for the same, and to make, execute and deliver for me and in my name all endorsements, acquit-tances, releases, receipts or other sufficient discharg¬es for the same; The mystery continues! Again, thanks for your help. -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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I'm having this problem too. Thanks for the advice on fixing "thereof," but
you can't solve this overall problem word by word. Why doesn't Word 2007 link to a dictionary (or have a basic one installed as part of the program) to see how words should be properly hyphenated? Whenever Word has put in a hyphen that I do not think is in the right place, I right-click on the word in question and then click "look up." A window opens that shows me the dictionary entry for the word, with proper hyphenation. This is time-consuming and annoying to have to double-check the hyphens, as Cathy pointed out. Why can't the Word program be made to consult this dictionary when it places hyphens so that they will be in the correct place to begin with? I have never had this problem with previous versions of Word or any other word processing program I have ever used. "Cathy b." wrote: Bob, thank you for the tips. I'll try them and see which was works best. I really appreciate your perseverance in this. Cathy "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Cathy, Hmmm, it does look like a proofing tools bug. I had to pull the right margin in to 1 1/2" to finally get 'thereof' to wrap so it would hyphenate but in Word 2007 'thereof' is definitely splitting at the-reof rather than there-of with auto hyphenation. For a one time fix you can use Page Layout=Hyphenation=Hyphenation Options=[Manual] to walk the document and choose 'no' for the split in 'there-of' or for a more reusable one you might try these steps. 1. Type then select 'thereof' and use Review=Proofing=Set Language and set the word to 'Do not check spelling or grammar' just for that word, and then 2. Place your cursor between there|of, and use (Ctrl+hyphen) or Insert=Symbol=More Symbols=Special Characters=Optional Hyphen to place an optional hyphen to get there¬of. 3. You can then highlight there¬of and use (Alt, T, A) to store it as a formatted autocorrect entry to replace 'thereof' as you type it. ========= "Cathy b." wrote in message ... Hi Bob, I work in Print layout. We use Courier New font (size 12) and I have a Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet 4 printer (looks to be a 1999 model). The entries are not stored as Autotext or autocorrect entries. I basically work with power of attorney forms, trust agreements, living will directives and last wills and testaments, so some of these forms (especially the power of attorney forms) are essentially the same forms I have been working with for over 20 years (that have been initially typed in WordPerfect and are now used with Word). Obviously, portions of these documents change with every client, but essentially the base document remains unchanged. Here is a paragraph from a power of attorney (the word "thereof" in the 9th line consistently hyphenates as "the-reof") in Word2007. I'm using margins of 1.3 (top) and 1.0 for sides and bottom and this whole paragraph has a temporary left margin of 1.5 B. To ask, demand, sue for, recover, collect, receive and hold and possess all such sums of money, debts, dues, bonds, notes, checks, drafts, accounts, deposits, legacies, bequests, devises, interests, dividends, stock certifi¬cates, certificates of deposit, annuities, pension retire¬ment bene¬fits, insurance benefits and proceeds, documents of title, choses in action, personal and real property, intang¬ible and tangible property rights and demands whatsoever, liqui-dated or unliquida¬ted, as are now or shall hereafter become due, owing, payable, owned or belonging to me or in which I have or may acquire an interest and have, sue and take all lawful ways and means and legal and equitable reme¬dies, procedures and writs in my name for the collection and recovery thereof, and to compromise, settle and agree for the same, and to make, execute and deliver for me and in my name all endorsements, acquit-tances, releases, receipts or other sufficient discharg¬es for the same; The mystery continues! Again, thanks for your help. -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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How do I get proper hyphenation based on dictionary?
What are some words that you think are hyphenated wrong? Could it be a
difference between US and UK practice? On Sep 4, 9:40*pm, Jen wrote: I'm having this problem too. Thanks for the advice on fixing "thereof," but you can't solve this overall problem word by word. Why doesn't Word 2007 link to a dictionary (or have a basic one installed as part of the program) to see how words should be properly hyphenated? Whenever Word has put in a hyphen that I do not think is in the right place, I right-click on the word in question and then click "look up." A window opens that shows me the dictionary entry for the word, with proper hyphenation. This is time-consuming and annoying to have to double-check the hyphens, as Cathy pointed out. Why can't the Word program be made to consult this dictionary when it places hyphens so that they will be in the correct place to begin with? I have never had this problem with previous versions of Word or any other word processing program I have ever used. "Cathy b." wrote: Bob, thank you for the tips. *I'll try them and see which was works best. *I really appreciate your perseverance in this. * Cathy "Bob * Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Cathy, Hmmm, it does look like a proofing tools bug. *I had to pull the right margin in to 1 1/2" to finally get 'thereof' to wrap so it would hyphenate but in Word 2007 'thereof' *is definitely splitting at * * the-reof *rather than * * there-of with auto hyphenation. For a one time fix you can use * *Page Layout=Hyphenation=Hyphenation Options=[Manual] to walk the document and choose 'no' for the split in 'there-of' or for a more reusable one you might try these steps. 1. Type then select 'thereof' and use * Review=Proofing=Set Language and set the word to 'Do not check spelling or grammar' just for that word, and then 2. Place your cursor between there|of, and use (Ctrl+hyphen) or Insert=Symbol=More Symbols=Special Characters=Optional Hyphen to place an optional hyphen to get there¬of. 3. You can then highlight there¬of and use (Alt, T, A) to store it as a formatted autocorrect entry to replace 'thereof' as you type it. ========= * *"Cathy b." wrote in ... Hi Bob, * * *I work in Print layout. * * *We use Courier New font (size 12) and I have a Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet 4 printer (looks to be a 1999 model). * * *The entries are not stored as Autotext or autocorrect entries. *I basically work with power of attorney forms, trust agreements, living will directives and last wills and testaments, so some of these forms (especially the power of attorney forms) are essentially the same forms I have been working with for over 20 years (that have been initially typed in WordPerfect and are now used with Word). *Obviously, portions of these documents change with every client, but essentially the base document remains unchanged. * * *Here is a paragraph from a power of attorney (the word "thereof" in the 9th line consistently hyphenates as "the-reof") in Word2007. *I'm using margins of 1.3 (top) and 1.0 for sides and bottom and this whole paragraph has a temporary left margin of 1.5 * * *B. *To ask, demand, sue for, recover, collect, receive and hold and possess all such sums of money, debts, dues, bonds, notes, checks, drafts, accounts, deposits, legacies, bequests, devises, interests, dividends, stock certifi¬cates, certificates of deposit, annuities, pension retire¬ment bene¬fits, insurance benefits and proceeds, documents of title, choses in action, personal and real property, intang¬ible and tangible property rights and demands whatsoever, liqui-dated or unliquida¬ted, as are now or shall hereafter become due, owing, payable, owned or belonging to me or in which I have or may acquire an interest and have, sue and take all lawful ways and means and legal and equitable reme¬dies, procedures and writs in my name for the collection and recovery thereof, and to compromise, settle and agree for the same, and to make, execute and deliver for me and in my name all endorsements, acquit-tances, releases, receipts or other sufficient discharg¬es for the same; The mystery continues! *Again, thanks for your help. |
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How do I get proper hyphenation based on dictionary?
Definitely not. Two examples of words that Word auto-hyphenated:
unders-tood tablec-loth Obviously there is no built-in or linked dictionary being used at all. The hyphens in these words seem totally arbitrary. "grammatim" wrote: What are some words that you think are hyphenated wrong? Could it be a difference between US and UK practice? On Sep 4, 9:40 pm, Jen wrote: I'm having this problem too. Thanks for the advice on fixing "thereof," but you can't solve this overall problem word by word. Why doesn't Word 2007 link to a dictionary (or have a basic one installed as part of the program) to see how words should be properly hyphenated? Whenever Word has put in a hyphen that I do not think is in the right place, I right-click on the word in question and then click "look up." A window opens that shows me the dictionary entry for the word, with proper hyphenation. This is time-consuming and annoying to have to double-check the hyphens, as Cathy pointed out. Why can't the Word program be made to consult this dictionary when it places hyphens so that they will be in the correct place to begin with? I have never had this problem with previous versions of Word or any other word processing program I have ever used. "Cathy b." wrote: Bob, thank you for the tips. I'll try them and see which was works best. I really appreciate your perseverance in this. Cathy "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Cathy, Hmmm, it does look like a proofing tools bug. I had to pull the right margin in to 1 1/2" to finally get 'thereof' to wrap so it would hyphenate but in Word 2007 'thereof' is definitely splitting at the-reof rather than there-of with auto hyphenation. For a one time fix you can use Page Layout=Hyphenation=Hyphenation Options=[Manual] to walk the document and choose 'no' for the split in 'there-of' or for a more reusable one you might try these steps. 1. Type then select 'thereof' and use Review=Proofing=Set Language and set the word to 'Do not check spelling or grammar' just for that word, and then 2. Place your cursor between there|of, and use (Ctrl+hyphen) or Insert=Symbol=More Symbols=Special Characters=Optional Hyphen to place an optional hyphen to get there¬of. 3. You can then highlight there¬of and use (Alt, T, A) to store it as a formatted autocorrect entry to replace 'thereof' as you type it. ========= "Cathy b." wrote in ... Hi Bob, I work in Print layout. We use Courier New font (size 12) and I have a Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet 4 printer (looks to be a 1999 model). The entries are not stored as Autotext or autocorrect entries. I basically work with power of attorney forms, trust agreements, living will directives and last wills and testaments, so some of these forms (especially the power of attorney forms) are essentially the same forms I have been working with for over 20 years (that have been initially typed in WordPerfect and are now used with Word). Obviously, portions of these documents change with every client, but essentially the base document remains unchanged. Here is a paragraph from a power of attorney (the word "thereof" in the 9th line consistently hyphenates as "the-reof") in Word2007. I'm using margins of 1.3 (top) and 1.0 for sides and bottom and this whole paragraph has a temporary left margin of 1.5 B. To ask, demand, sue for, recover, collect, receive and hold and possess all such sums of money, debts, dues, bonds, notes, checks, drafts, accounts, deposits, legacies, bequests, devises, interests, dividends, stock certifi¬cates, certificates of deposit, annuities, pension retire¬ment bene¬fits, insurance benefits and proceeds, documents of title, choses in action, personal and real property, intang¬ible and tangible property rights and demands whatsoever, liqui-dated or unliquida¬ted, as are now or shall hereafter become due, owing, payable, owned or belonging to me or in which I have or may acquire an interest and have, sue and take all lawful ways and means and legal and equitable reme¬dies, procedures and writs in my name for the collection and recovery thereof, and to compromise, settle and agree for the same, and to make, execute and deliver for me and in my name all endorsements, acquit-tances, releases, receipts or other sufficient discharg¬es for the same; The mystery continues! Again, thanks for your help. |
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How do I get proper hyphenation based on dictionary?
No, they're the result of applying an incorrect algorithm: divide
before the last consonant. Is it possible that your document is set for German (or some other language)? On Sep 5, 10:50*pm, Jen wrote: Definitely not. Two examples of words that Word auto-hyphenated: unders-tood tablec-loth Obviously there is no built-in or linked dictionary being used at all. The hyphens in these words seem totally arbitrary. "grammatim" wrote: What are some words that you think are hyphenated wrong? Could it be a difference between US and UK practice? On Sep 4, 9:40 pm, Jen wrote: I'm having this problem too. Thanks for the advice on fixing "thereof," but you can't solve this overall problem word by word. Why doesn't Word 2007 link to a dictionary (or have a basic one installed as part of the program) to see how words should be properly hyphenated? Whenever Word has put in a hyphen that I do not think is in the right place, I right-click on the word in question and then click "look up." A window opens that shows me the dictionary entry for the word, with proper hyphenation. This is time-consuming and annoying to have to double-check the hyphens, as Cathy pointed out. Why can't the Word program be made to consult this dictionary when it places hyphens so that they will be in the correct place to begin with? I have never had this problem with previous versions of Word or any other word processing program I have ever used. "Cathy b." wrote: Bob, thank you for the tips. *I'll try them and see which was works best. *I really appreciate your perseverance in this. * Cathy "Bob * Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Cathy, Hmmm, it does look like a proofing tools bug. *I had to pull the right margin in to 1 1/2" to finally get 'thereof' to wrap so it would hyphenate but in Word 2007 'thereof' *is definitely splitting at * * the-reof *rather than * * there-of with auto hyphenation. For a one time fix you can use * *Page Layout=Hyphenation=Hyphenation Options=[Manual] to walk the document and choose 'no' for the split in 'there-of' or for a more reusable one you might try these steps. 1. Type then select 'thereof' and use * Review=Proofing=Set Language and set the word to 'Do not check spelling or grammar' just for that word, and then 2. Place your cursor between there|of, and use (Ctrl+hyphen) or Insert=Symbol=More Symbols=Special Characters=Optional Hyphen to place an optional hyphen to get there¬of. 3. You can then highlight there¬of and use (Alt, T, A) to store it as a formatted autocorrect entry to replace 'thereof' as you type it. ========= * *"Cathy b." wrote in ... Hi Bob, * * *I work in Print layout. * * *We use Courier New font (size 12) and I have a Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet 4 printer (looks to be a 1999 model). * * *The entries are not stored as Autotext or autocorrect entries. *I basically work with power of attorney forms, trust agreements, living will directives and last wills and testaments, so some of these forms (especially the power of attorney forms) are essentially the same forms I have been working with for over 20 years (that have been initially typed in WordPerfect and are now used with Word). *Obviously, portions of these documents change with every client, but essentially the base document remains unchanged. * * *Here is a paragraph from a power of attorney (the word "thereof" in the 9th line consistently hyphenates as "the-reof") in Word2007. *I'm using margins of 1.3 (top) and 1.0 for sides and bottom and this whole paragraph has a temporary left margin of 1.5 * * *B. *To ask, demand, sue for, recover, collect, receive and hold and possess all such sums of money, debts, dues, bonds, notes, checks, drafts, accounts, deposits, legacies, bequests, devises, interests, dividends, stock certifi¬cates, certificates of deposit, annuities, pension retire¬ment bene¬fits, insurance benefits and proceeds, documents of title, choses in action, personal and real property, intang¬ible and tangible property rights and demands whatsoever, liqui-dated or unliquida¬ted, as are now or shall hereafter become due, owing, payable, owned or belonging to me or in which I have or may acquire an interest and have, sue and take all lawful ways and means and legal and equitable reme¬dies, procedures and writs in my name for the collection and recovery thereof, and to compromise, settle and agree for the same, and to make, execute and deliver for me and in my name all endorsements, acquit-tances, releases, receipts or other sufficient discharg¬es for the same; The mystery continues! *Again, thanks for your help. - |
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How do I get proper hyphenation based on dictionary?
Having another language applied would result in the hyphenation not
functioning at all, since the hyphenation files are all language-specific. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "grammatim" wrote in message ... No, they're the result of applying an incorrect algorithm: divide before the last consonant. Is it possible that your document is set for German (or some other language)? On Sep 5, 10:50 pm, Jen wrote: Definitely not. Two examples of words that Word auto-hyphenated: unders-tood tablec-loth Obviously there is no built-in or linked dictionary being used at all. The hyphens in these words seem totally arbitrary. "grammatim" wrote: What are some words that you think are hyphenated wrong? Could it be a difference between US and UK practice? On Sep 4, 9:40 pm, Jen wrote: I'm having this problem too. Thanks for the advice on fixing "thereof," but you can't solve this overall problem word by word. Why doesn't Word 2007 link to a dictionary (or have a basic one installed as part of the program) to see how words should be properly hyphenated? Whenever Word has put in a hyphen that I do not think is in the right place, I right-click on the word in question and then click "look up." A window opens that shows me the dictionary entry for the word, with proper hyphenation. This is time-consuming and annoying to have to double-check the hyphens, as Cathy pointed out. Why can't the Word program be made to consult this dictionary when it places hyphens so that they will be in the correct place to begin with? I have never had this problem with previous versions of Word or any other word processing program I have ever used. "Cathy b." wrote: Bob, thank you for the tips. I'll try them and see which was works best. I really appreciate your perseverance in this. Cathy "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Cathy, Hmmm, it does look like a proofing tools bug. I had to pull the right margin in to 1 1/2" to finally get 'thereof' to wrap so it would hyphenate but in Word 2007 'thereof' is definitely splitting at the-reof rather than there-of with auto hyphenation. For a one time fix you can use Page Layout=Hyphenation=Hyphenation Options=[Manual] to walk the document and choose 'no' for the split in 'there-of' or for a more reusable one you might try these steps. 1. Type then select 'thereof' and use Review=Proofing=Set Language and set the word to 'Do not check spelling or grammar' just for that word, and then 2. Place your cursor between there|of, and use (Ctrl+hyphen) or Insert=Symbol=More Symbols=Special Characters=Optional Hyphen to place an optional hyphen to get there¬of. 3. You can then highlight there¬of and use (Alt, T, A) to store it as a formatted autocorrect entry to replace 'thereof' as you type it. ========= "Cathy b." wrote in ... Hi Bob, I work in Print layout. We use Courier New font (size 12) and I have a Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet 4 printer (looks to be a 1999 model). The entries are not stored as Autotext or autocorrect entries. I basically work with power of attorney forms, trust agreements, living will directives and last wills and testaments, so some of these forms (especially the power of attorney forms) are essentially the same forms I have been working with for over 20 years (that have been initially typed in WordPerfect and are now used with Word). Obviously, portions of these documents change with every client, but essentially the base document remains unchanged. Here is a paragraph from a power of attorney (the word "thereof" in the 9th line consistently hyphenates as "the-reof") in Word2007. I'm using margins of 1.3 (top) and 1.0 for sides and bottom and this whole paragraph has a temporary left margin of 1.5 B. To ask, demand, sue for, recover, collect, receive and hold and possess all such sums of money, debts, dues, bonds, notes, checks, drafts, accounts, deposits, legacies, bequests, devises, interests, dividends, stock certifi¬cates, certificates of deposit, annuities, pension retire¬ment bene¬fits, insurance benefits and proceeds, documents of title, choses in action, personal and real property, intang¬ible and tangible property rights and demands whatsoever, liqui-dated or unliquida¬ted, as are now or shall hereafter become due, owing, payable, owned or belonging to me or in which I have or may acquire an interest and have, sue and take all lawful ways and means and legal and equitable reme¬dies, procedures and writs in my name for the collection and recovery thereof, and to compromise, settle and agree for the same, and to make, execute and deliver for me and in my name all endorsements, acquit-tances, releases, receipts or other sufficient discharg¬es for the same; The mystery continues! Again, thanks for your help. - |
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How do I get proper hyphenation based on dictionary?
Right -- if the German hyphenator thought those were German words,
those would be the correct hyphenations for them. On Sep 6, 10:04*am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Having another language applied would result in the hyphenation not functioning at all, since the hyphenation files are all language-specific.. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "grammatim" wrote in message ... No, they're the result of applying an incorrect algorithm: divide before the last consonant. Is it possible that your document is set for German (or some other language)? On Sep 5, 10:50 pm, Jen wrote: Definitely not. Two examples of words that Word auto-hyphenated: unders-tood tablec-loth Obviously there is no built-in or linked dictionary being used at all. The hyphens in these words seem totally arbitrary. "grammatim" wrote: What are some words that you think are hyphenated wrong? Could it be a difference between US and UK practice? On Sep 4, 9:40 pm, Jen wrote: I'm having this problem too. Thanks for the advice on fixing "thereof," but you can't solve this overall problem word by word. Why doesn't Word 2007 link to a dictionary (or have a basic one installed as part of the program) to see how words should be properly hyphenated? Whenever Word has put in a hyphen that I do not think is in the right place, I right-click on the word in question and then click "look up." A window opens that shows me the dictionary entry for the word, with proper hyphenation. This is time-consuming and annoying to have to double-check the hyphens, as Cathy pointed out. Why can't the Word program be made to consult this dictionary when it places hyphens so that they will be in the correct place to begin with? I have never had this problem with previous versions of Word or any other word processing program I have ever used. "Cathy b." wrote: Bob, thank you for the tips. I'll try them and see which was works best. I really appreciate your perseverance in this. Cathy "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Cathy, Hmmm, it does look like a proofing tools bug. I had to pull the right margin in to 1 1/2" to finally get 'thereof' to wrap so it would hyphenate but in Word 2007 'thereof' is definitely splitting at the-reof rather than there-of with auto hyphenation. For a one time fix you can use Page Layout=Hyphenation=Hyphenation Options=[Manual] to walk the document and choose 'no' for the split in 'there-of' or for a more reusable one you might try these steps. 1. Type then select 'thereof' and use Review=Proofing=Set Language and set the word to 'Do not check spelling or grammar' just for that word, and then 2. Place your cursor between there|of, and use (Ctrl+hyphen) or Insert=Symbol=More Symbols=Special Characters=Optional Hyphen to place an optional hyphen to get there¬of. 3. You can then highlight there¬of and use (Alt, T, A) to store it as a formatted autocorrect entry to replace 'thereof' as you type it. ========= "Cathy b." wrote in .... Hi Bob, I work in Print layout. We use Courier New font (size 12) and I have a Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet 4 printer (looks to be a 1999 model). The entries are not stored as Autotext or autocorrect entries. I basically work with power of attorney forms, trust agreements, living will directives and last wills and testaments, so some of these forms (especially the power of attorney forms) are essentially the same forms I have been working with for over 20 years (that have been initially typed in WordPerfect and are now used with Word). Obviously, portions of these documents change with every client, but essentially the base document remains unchanged. Here is a paragraph from a power of attorney (the word "thereof" in the 9th line consistently hyphenates as "the-reof") in Word2007. I'm using margins of 1.3 (top) and 1.0 for sides and bottom and this whole paragraph has a temporary left margin of 1.5 B. To ask, demand, sue for, recover, collect, receive and hold and possess all such sums of money, debts, dues, bonds, notes, checks, drafts, accounts, deposits, legacies, bequests, devises, interests, dividends, stock certifi¬cates, certificates of deposit, annuities, pension retire¬ment bene¬fits, insurance benefits and proceeds, documents of title, choses in action, personal and real property, intang¬ible and tangible property rights and demands whatsoever, liqui-dated or unliquida¬ted, as are now or shall hereafter become due, owing, payable, owned or belonging to me or in which I have or may acquire an interest and have, sue and take all lawful ways and means and legal and equitable reme¬dies, procedures and writs in my name for the collection and recovery thereof, and to compromise, settle and agree for the same, and to make, execute and deliver for me and in my name all endorsements, acquit-tances, releases, receipts or other sufficient discharg¬es for the same; The mystery continues! Again, thanks for your help. -- |
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How do I get proper hyphenation based on dictionary?
I just double-checked my language setting, and it is definitely U.S. English.
This is simply a major flaw in the Word 2007 edition. Jen "grammatim" wrote: Right -- if the German hyphenator thought those were German words, those would be the correct hyphenations for them. On Sep 6, 10:04 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Having another language applied would result in the hyphenation not functioning at all, since the hyphenation files are all language-specific.. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "grammatim" wrote in message ... No, they're the result of applying an incorrect algorithm: divide before the last consonant. Is it possible that your document is set for German (or some other language)? On Sep 5, 10:50 pm, Jen wrote: Definitely not. Two examples of words that Word auto-hyphenated: unders-tood tablec-loth Obviously there is no built-in or linked dictionary being used at all. The hyphens in these words seem totally arbitrary. "grammatim" wrote: What are some words that you think are hyphenated wrong? Could it be a difference between US and UK practice? On Sep 4, 9:40 pm, Jen wrote: I'm having this problem too. Thanks for the advice on fixing "thereof," but you can't solve this overall problem word by word. Why doesn't Word 2007 link to a dictionary (or have a basic one installed as part of the program) to see how words should be properly hyphenated? Whenever Word has put in a hyphen that I do not think is in the right place, I right-click on the word in question and then click "look up." A window opens that shows me the dictionary entry for the word, with proper hyphenation. This is time-consuming and annoying to have to double-check the hyphens, as Cathy pointed out. Why can't the Word program be made to consult this dictionary when it places hyphens so that they will be in the correct place to begin with? I have never had this problem with previous versions of Word or any other word processing program I have ever used. "Cathy b." wrote: Bob, thank you for the tips. I'll try them and see which was works best. I really appreciate your perseverance in this. Cathy "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Cathy, Hmmm, it does look like a proofing tools bug. I had to pull the right margin in to 1 1/2" to finally get 'thereof' to wrap so it would hyphenate but in Word 2007 'thereof' is definitely splitting at the-reof rather than there-of with auto hyphenation. For a one time fix you can use Page Layout=Hyphenation=Hyphenation Options=[Manual] to walk the document and choose 'no' for the split in 'there-of' or for a more reusable one you might try these steps. 1. Type then select 'thereof' and use Review=Proofing=Set Language and set the word to 'Do not check spelling or grammar' just for that word, and then 2. Place your cursor between there|of, and use (Ctrl+hyphen) or Insert=Symbol=More Symbols=Special Characters=Optional Hyphen to place an optional hyphen to get there¬of. 3. You can then highlight there¬of and use (Alt, T, A) to store it as a formatted autocorrect entry to replace 'thereof' as you type it. ========= "Cathy b." wrote in .... Hi Bob, I work in Print layout. We use Courier New font (size 12) and I have a Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet 4 printer (looks to be a 1999 model). The entries are not stored as Autotext or autocorrect entries. I basically work with power of attorney forms, trust agreements, living will directives and last wills and testaments, so some of these forms (especially the power of attorney forms) are essentially the same forms I have been working with for over 20 years (that have been initially typed in WordPerfect and are now used with Word). Obviously, portions of these documents change with every client, but essentially the base document remains unchanged. Here is a paragraph from a power of attorney (the word "thereof" in the 9th line consistently hyphenates as "the-reof") in Word2007. I'm using margins of 1.3 (top) and 1.0 for sides and bottom and this whole paragraph has a temporary left margin of 1.5 B. To ask, demand, sue for, recover, collect, receive and hold and possess all such sums of money, debts, dues, bonds, notes, checks, drafts, accounts, deposits, legacies, bequests, devises, interests, dividends, stock certifi¬cates, certificates of deposit, annuities, pension retire¬ment bene¬fits, insurance benefits and proceeds, documents of title, choses in action, personal and real property, intang¬ible and tangible property rights and demands whatsoever, liqui-dated or unliquida¬ted, as are now or shall hereafter become due, owing, payable, owned or belonging to me or in which I have or may acquire an interest and have, sue and take all lawful ways and means and legal and equitable reme¬dies, procedures and writs in my name for the collection and recovery thereof, and to compromise, settle and agree for the same, and to make, execute and deliver for me and in my name all endorsements, acquit-tances, releases, receipts or other sufficient discharg¬es for the same; The mystery continues! Again, thanks for your help. -- |
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Just to confirm Jen's problems, my language setting was definitely on U.S.
English as well, so I know that had nothing to do with the ongoing hyphenation problem. It is obviously a flaw in the program that is really irritating and time-consuming to the user. It has helped changing my hyphenation zone to 1", but my documents don't look as good and I still have to scan that right margin line to make sure Word hasn't goofed up....which it still does. This user would greatly appreciate a fix to this problem! "Jen" wrote: I just double-checked my language setting, and it is definitely U.S. English. This is simply a major flaw in the Word 2007 edition. Jen "grammatim" wrote: Right -- if the German hyphenator thought those were German words, those would be the correct hyphenations for them. On Sep 6, 10:04 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Having another language applied would result in the hyphenation not functioning at all, since the hyphenation files are all language-specific.. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "grammatim" wrote in message ... No, they're the result of applying an incorrect algorithm: divide before the last consonant. Is it possible that your document is set for German (or some other language)? On Sep 5, 10:50 pm, Jen wrote: Definitely not. Two examples of words that Word auto-hyphenated: unders-tood tablec-loth Obviously there is no built-in or linked dictionary being used at all. The hyphens in these words seem totally arbitrary. "grammatim" wrote: What are some words that you think are hyphenated wrong? Could it be a difference between US and UK practice? On Sep 4, 9:40 pm, Jen wrote: I'm having this problem too. Thanks for the advice on fixing "thereof," but you can't solve this overall problem word by word. Why doesn't Word 2007 link to a dictionary (or have a basic one installed as part of the program) to see how words should be properly hyphenated? Whenever Word has put in a hyphen that I do not think is in the right place, I right-click on the word in question and then click "look up." A window opens that shows me the dictionary entry for the word, with proper hyphenation. This is time-consuming and annoying to have to double-check the hyphens, as Cathy pointed out. Why can't the Word program be made to consult this dictionary when it places hyphens so that they will be in the correct place to begin with? I have never had this problem with previous versions of Word or any other word processing program I have ever used. "Cathy b." wrote: Bob, thank you for the tips. I'll try them and see which was works best. I really appreciate your perseverance in this. Cathy "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Cathy, Hmmm, it does look like a proofing tools bug. I had to pull the right margin in to 1 1/2" to finally get 'thereof' to wrap so it would hyphenate but in Word 2007 'thereof' is definitely splitting at the-reof rather than there-of with auto hyphenation. For a one time fix you can use Page Layout=Hyphenation=Hyphenation Options=[Manual] to walk the document and choose 'no' for the split in 'there-of' or for a more reusable one you might try these steps. 1. Type then select 'thereof' and use Review=Proofing=Set Language and set the word to 'Do not check spelling or grammar' just for that word, and then 2. Place your cursor between there|of, and use (Ctrl+hyphen) or Insert=Symbol=More Symbols=Special Characters=Optional Hyphen to place an optional hyphen to get there¬of. 3. You can then highlight there¬of and use (Alt, T, A) to store it as a formatted autocorrect entry to replace 'thereof' as you type it. ========= "Cathy b." wrote in .... Hi Bob, I work in Print layout. We use Courier New font (size 12) and I have a Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet 4 printer (looks to be a 1999 model). The entries are not stored as Autotext or autocorrect entries. I basically work with power of attorney forms, trust agreements, living will directives and last wills and testaments, so some of these forms (especially the power of attorney forms) are essentially the same forms I have been working with for over 20 years (that have been initially typed in WordPerfect and are now used with Word). Obviously, portions of these documents change with every client, but essentially the base document remains unchanged. Here is a paragraph from a power of attorney (the word "thereof" in the 9th line consistently hyphenates as "the-reof") in Word2007. I'm using margins of 1.3 (top) and 1.0 for sides and bottom and this whole paragraph has a temporary left margin of 1.5 B. To ask, demand, sue for, recover, collect, receive and hold and possess all such sums of money, debts, dues, bonds, notes, checks, drafts, accounts, deposits, legacies, bequests, devises, interests, dividends, stock certifi¬cates, certificates of deposit, annuities, pension retire¬ment bene¬fits, insurance benefits and proceeds, documents of title, choses in action, personal and real property, intang¬ible and tangible property rights and demands whatsoever, liqui-dated or unliquida¬ted, as are now or shall hereafter become due, owing, payable, owned or belonging to me or in which I have or may acquire an interest and have, sue and take all lawful ways and means and legal and equitable reme¬dies, procedures and writs in my name for the collection and recovery thereof, and to compromise, settle and agree for the same, and to make, execute and deliver for me and in my name all endorsements, acquit-tances, releases, receipts or other sufficient discharg¬es for the same; The mystery continues! Again, thanks for your help. -- |
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