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hyphenation: how to correct the auto-hyphenation of a specific wo
I have written a long text in German which contains the word "Erinnerungsort"
(sing.) or "Erinnerungsorte" (pl.) very often. The Auto-Hyphenation in Word 2003 will divide the word as "Erinnerung-sort", which is wrong. The correct hyphenation would be "Erinnerungs-ort". When I try manual hyphenation Word always proposes the same wrong hyphenation. Can I teach Word to hyphenate "Erinnerungs-ort" instead of "Erinnerung-sort"? And can I do this without going manually through all instances of the Word, i.e. by manipulating the dictionary or something similar? |
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hyphenation: how to correct the auto-hyphenation of a specific wo
Let's be sure ... your text's Set Language is German, and your
proofing tools are German? Does it do this with all compounds that have the extra -s- in them? Is it conceivable that the hyphenation rule was changed with the spelling reform in 2003 to follow syllable division instead of meaning division? You may be able to find a setting to use the old rules. Otherwise, how about adding this word to your custom dictionary? On Aug 11, 11:27*am, guemue50 wrote: I have written a long text in German which contains the word "Erinnerungsort" (sing.) or "Erinnerungsorte" (pl.) very often. The Auto-Hyphenation in Word 2003 will divide the word as "Erinnerung-sort", which is wrong. The correct hyphenation would be "Erinnerungs-ort". When I try manual hyphenation Word always proposes the same wrong hyphenation. Can I teach Word to hyphenate "Erinnerungs-ort" instead of "Erinnerung-sort"? And can I do this without going manually through all instances of the Word, i.e. by manipulating the dictionary or something similar? |
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hyphenation: how to correct the auto-hyphenation of a specific wo
If Peter's suggestions don't help, apply a "no proofing" character style
(see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/M...#ExemptingText) and then insert a conditional hyphen (Ctrl+Hyphen) in the desired place. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "guemue50" wrote in message ... I have written a long text in German which contains the word "Erinnerungsort" (sing.) or "Erinnerungsorte" (pl.) very often. The Auto-Hyphenation in Word 2003 will divide the word as "Erinnerung-sort", which is wrong. The correct hyphenation would be "Erinnerungs-ort". When I try manual hyphenation Word always proposes the same wrong hyphenation. Can I teach Word to hyphenate "Erinnerungs-ort" instead of "Erinnerung-sort"? And can I do this without going manually through all instances of the Word, i.e. by manipulating the dictionary or something similar? |
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hyphenation: how to correct the auto-hyphenation of a specifi
Thank you, Peter and Suzanne, for your suggestions.
Peter: Yes, the text is formatted as "Language: German" and the proofing tools are German too - they do the right thing most of the time. The hyphenation of "Erinnerungsorte" did not change with the spelling reform, and adding the word to the user dictionary does not help, because I do not know of a way to define the correct hyphenation for a word within the dictionary. I suspect there is a problem with the interpretation of hyphenation rules concerning compounds (which are a highly complex phenomenon of the German language anyway.) Suzanne: Thinking about your suggestion I came up with a slightly different solution: I replaced all (487!) instances of "Erinnerungsorte" with "Erinnerungs^-orte" (i.e. an optional hyphen at the correct position) but left the proofing options untouched. Now "Erinnerungsorte" seems to hyphenate correctly and not only between the s and the o but also at all other possible positions (Er|inne|rungs|orte). Thank you both for your helpful hints! Guenter |
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hyphenation: how to correct the auto-hyphenation of a specifi
I'm glad you found a solution that worked.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "guemue50" wrote in message ... Thank you, Peter and Suzanne, for your suggestions. Peter: Yes, the text is formatted as "Language: German" and the proofing tools are German too - they do the right thing most of the time. The hyphenation of "Erinnerungsorte" did not change with the spelling reform, and adding the word to the user dictionary does not help, because I do not know of a way to define the correct hyphenation for a word within the dictionary. I suspect there is a problem with the interpretation of hyphenation rules concerning compounds (which are a highly complex phenomenon of the German language anyway.) Suzanne: Thinking about your suggestion I came up with a slightly different solution: I replaced all (487!) instances of "Erinnerungsorte" with "Erinnerungs^-orte" (i.e. an optional hyphen at the correct position) but left the proofing options untouched. Now "Erinnerungsorte" seems to hyphenate correctly and not only between the s and the o but also at all other possible positions (Er|inne|rungs|orte). Thank you both for your helpful hints! Guenter |
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