Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated July 8, 2017)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016
Hyphenation is the process of adding hyphens to words at the beginning of lines so the hyphenated part will fit at the end of the previous line. The hyphens are inserted between syllables in a word. Word can automatically hyphenate your document for you, or you can use the hyphenation tool to manually hyphenate your document. To use the hyphenation tool, follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Hyphenation dialog box.
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2023-08-31 08:26:39
Nils
When it comes to Manual hyphenation, it says in step 9 "Simply click on one of the proposed hyphenation points".
However, it is possible to click ANYWHERE in the word to make that the point of hyphenation, not having to select any of proposed hyphenation points (marked with "-").
For instance, it is possible to hyphenate "international" as inte-rnational instead of inter-national as suggested by Word.
Typing a soft hyphen in inte-rnational, when also having Automatic hyphenation enabled, might not give the desired result as Word seems to still include the default hyphenation-points at in-te(-)r-na-tion-al and hyphenate accordingly, without taking any special consideration to the useradded soft hyphen. For instance, if the space still allows for the r to be placed on the same line as "inte-", Word will move the r to the previous row and place the hyphen afterwards (as such: "inter-"), not giving the desired result.
In such cases, the Automatic hyphenation must be disabled, and one must use Manual hyphenation – or manually look through the document for lines that are too uneven or have too large gaps between the word, and manually hyphenate the words using soft hyphens.
In some languages, like Swedish, where Word's standard-choice of hyphenation may not be desired, depending on which hyphenation rule one wish to use (for instance in Swedish there are two hyphenation principles), this could be especially relevant.
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