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Default hyphenation off for one word

Hyphenation is part of Proofing, so select the word and use Tools, Language
and select No Proofing.

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"fscodave" wrote in message
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: As an old-time WP user,* I thought it would be possible to have
: hyphenation on for a document but turn it off for one single word, like
: where there's a hyphenation over a page break. No prob in WP, of
: course. Well, after checking here and at the MS site and other places,
: I guess not. You can turn off hyphenation for a paragraph, so I guess
: what I have to do is do that and then if there are hyphens needed in
: the paragraph other than in the awkward spot, do that manually.
:
: If I'm maligning Word, and it is possible to do the same thing I used
: to be able to do in WP, please let me know!
:
::-)
:
: David
:
: *At the training sessions for Word at work, where we're switching from
: WP, I mentioned to our teacher that I'd been using WP since 1986, to
: which she replied: "Ha Ha. That's the year I was born!"
:
: Sigh.
: