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how to use hyphenation
can any one explain to me how to hyphenate a word.. and how does the
hyphenation option helps ? isn't it easier to hyphenate a word manually? please help |
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how to use hyphenation
Although manual hyphenation may not be "easier," I find it much more
satisfactory, especially if you want minimal hyphenation and complete control. I never use automatic hyphenation. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... To have Word do hyphenation for you, go to Tools Language Hyphenation and check the box for "Automatically hyphenate document". When you click OK, Word will look at the word that starts near the end of each line and compare it to the words in its built-in hyphenation dictionary. If *not* hyphenating would force the word to the next line, and there's a hyphenation point that will let the first part of the word fit, then it will insert a "conditional hyphen" character there. In the dialog, you can set the width of the hyphenation zone, the area at the end of the line within which hyphenation is considered. You can also tell Word that you dont' want it to put in hyphens on more than, for instance, three consecutive lines. If you want to do hyphenation manually, you can insert a conditional hyphen by holding the Ctrl key while you press the hyphen key. This character is invisible unless the word breaks at the end of the line (or if you turn on nonprinting character display with the ΒΆ button). I would *not* consider this to be easier than automatic hyphenation. It may be necessary if the word isn't found in the hyphenation dictionary. -- Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org "r" wrote: can any one explain to me how to hyphenate a word.. and how does the hyphenation option helps ? isn't it easier to hyphenate a word manually? please help |
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