[Eric]

In Word 2003, is it possible to suppress auto-hypenation for a single word?
The problem is that Word hyphenates it at the wrong place.

The word is Merleau-Ponty (the name of a French philosopher). Word hypenates
it so that it appears:

.... unlike the French philosopher Mer-
leau-Ponty ...

I'd prefer for it to appear this way:

.... unlike the French philosopher
Merleau-Ponty ...

I could insert a hard-return before the word, but that's an awkward
solution, since the document may be revised so that the text may shift around.

Thanks.

[grammatim[_2_]]

I _think_ that if you type an Optional Hyphen before (attached to)
Merleau, that keeps it from breaking.

But I may be projecting from another application, since that behavior
isn't documented.

On Jan 18, 4:13*pm, Eric wrote:
In Word 2003, is it possible to suppress auto-hypenation for a single word?
The problem is that Word hyphenates it at the wrong place.

The word is Merleau-Ponty (the name of a French philosopher). Word hypenates
it so that it appears:

... unlike the French philosopher Mer-
leau-Ponty ...

I'd prefer for it to appear this way:

... unlike the French philosopher
Merleau-Ponty ...

I could insert a hard-return before the word, but that's an awkward
solution, since the document may be revised so that the text may shift around.

Thanks.

[Eric]

Unfortunately the result is that the optional hyphen is visible at the end of
the line:

.... unlike the French philosopher -
Merleau-Ponty ...

(Just to to avoid confusion...when you say optional hyphen, I'm typing
control-hyphen.)

Thanks for the suggestion.

"grammatim" wrote:

I _think_ that if you type an Optional Hyphen before (attached to)
Merleau, that keeps it from breaking.

But I may be projecting from another application, since that behavior
isn't documented.

On Jan 18, 4:13 pm, Eric wrote:
In Word 2003, is it possible to suppress auto-hypenation for a single word?
The problem is that Word hyphenates it at the wrong place.

The word is Merleau-Ponty (the name of a French philosopher). Word hypenates
it so that it appears:

... unlike the French philosopher Mer-
leau-Ponty ...

I'd prefer for it to appear this way:

... unlike the French philosopher
Merleau-Ponty ...

I could insert a hard-return before the word, but that's an awkward
solution, since the document may be revised so that the text may shift around.

Thanks.

[macropod[_2_]]

Hi Eric,

Here's one way:
.. select 'Merleau-Ponty'
.. press Ctrl-F9 to enclose 'Merleau-Ponty' in a field, thus { Merleau-Ponty }
.. edit the field to read {EQ Merleau-Ponty}
.. press F9 to update.

Note: If you don't remove the trailing space from the field, it will appear in the output.

--
Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


"Eric" wrote in message news
Unfortunately the result is that the optional hyphen is visible at the end of
the line:

... unlike the French philosopher -
Merleau-Ponty ...

(Just to to avoid confusion...when you say optional hyphen, I'm typing
control-hyphen.)

Thanks for the suggestion.

"grammatim" wrote:

I _think_ that if you type an Optional Hyphen before (attached to)
Merleau, that keeps it from breaking.

But I may be projecting from another application, since that behavior
isn't documented.

On Jan 18, 4:13 pm, Eric wrote:
In Word 2003, is it possible to suppress auto-hypenation for a single word?
The problem is that Word hyphenates it at the wrong place.

The word is Merleau-Ponty (the name of a French philosopher). Word hypenates
it so that it appears:

... unlike the French philosopher Mer-
leau-Ponty ...

I'd prefer for it to appear this way:

... unlike the French philosopher
Merleau-Ponty ...

I could insert a hard-return before the word, but that's an awkward
solution, since the document may be revised so that the text may shift around.

Thanks.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Start by using an nonbreaking hyphen (Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen); you may well
already have done that. Then select the entire name and use Tools | Language
| Set Language to apply "Do not check spelling or grammar" formatting to it.
Suppressing spelling/grammar checking also suppresses autohyphenation.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Eric" wrote in message
...
In Word 2003, is it possible to suppress auto-hypenation for a single
word?
The problem is that Word hyphenates it at the wrong place.

The word is Merleau-Ponty (the name of a French philosopher). Word
hypenates
it so that it appears:

... unlike the French philosopher Mer-
leau-Ponty ...

I'd prefer for it to appear this way:

... unlike the French philosopher
Merleau-Ponty ...

I could insert a hard-return before the word, but that's an awkward
solution, since the document may be revised so that the text may shift
around.

Thanks.

[grammatim[_2_]]

Why would he want a non-breaking hyphen? That will cause lots of extra
space on the upper line when Merleau- would fit there.Couldn't he just
apply the format to Merleau?

On Jan 18, 6:21*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Start by using an nonbreaking hyphen (Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen); you may well
already have done that. Then select the entire name and use Tools | Language
| Set Language to apply "Do not check spelling or grammar" formatting to it.
Suppressing spelling/grammar checking also suppresses autohyphenation.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Eric" wrote in message

...



In Word 2003, is it possible to suppress auto-hypenation for a single
word?
The problem is that Word hyphenates it at the wrong place.

The word is Merleau-Ponty (the name of a French philosopher). Word
hypenates
it so that it appears:

... unlike the French philosopher Mer-
leau-Ponty ...

I'd prefer for it to appear this way:

... unlike the French philosopher
Merleau-Ponty ...

I could insert a hard-return before the word, but that's an awkward
solution, since the document may be revised so that the text may shift
around.

Thanks.-

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I assumed he wanted to keep the name together (as shown in his example). If
not, and if he just wants it to break only at the hyphen, then he can still
apply the formatting to the entire name; that won't keep Word from breaking
it at the hyphen.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"grammatim" wrote in message
...
Why would he want a non-breaking hyphen? That will cause lots of extra
space on the upper line when Merleau- would fit there.Couldn't he just
apply the format to Merleau?

On Jan 18, 6:21 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Start by using a nonbreaking hyphen (Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen); you may well
already have done that. Then select the entire name and use Tools |
Language
| Set Language to apply "Do not check spelling or grammar" formatting to
it.
Suppressing spelling/grammar checking also suppresses autohyphenation.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Eric" wrote in message

...



In Word 2003, is it possible to suppress auto-hypenation for a single
word?
The problem is that Word hyphenates it at the wrong place.

The word is Merleau-Ponty (the name of a French philosopher). Word
hypenates
it so that it appears:

... unlike the French philosopher Mer-
leau-Ponty ...

I'd prefer for it to appear this way:

... unlike the French philosopher
Merleau-Ponty ...

I could insert a hard-return before the word, but that's an awkward
solution, since the document may be revised so that the text may shift
around.

Thanks.-