Auto Hyphenation

 

To enable Auto Hyphenation for an open document:

 

1Move the cursor to the top of the file or to the point at which you want your changes to take effect.
2Click Proof, Configure Hyphenation
3The Hyphenation dialog will appear. Click the Configure tab.
4Click the Allow Auto Hyphenation box and use the slider control to adjust the number of letters for each of the following:
Smallest word to be hyphenated
Minimum number of characters before hyphen
Minimum number of characters after hyphen
5Click OK

Auto hyphenation can also be enabled (or disabled) and adjusted by clicking Insert, Breaks and selecting the Lines tab.  It can be enabled (or disabled), but not adjusted by clicking Format, Paragraph, Alignment and checking or clearing the Auto Hyphenation check box.

 

 

See also:

Auto Hyphenation: HY command

Hyphenation

Hyphens and Dashes

Override Auto Hyphenation for One Word

Multilingual Hyphenation