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Hyphenate text
The
settings you choose for hyphenation and justification affect the
horizontal spacing of lines and the aesthetic appeal of type on
your pages. Hyphenation options determine whether words can be hyphenated
and, if they can, which breaks are allowable.
Justification
is controlled by the alignment option you choose, the word spacing and
letterspacing you specify, and whether or not you have used glyph
scaling. You can also justify single words in narrow columns of
fully justified text.
Adjust hyphenation manuallyYou can hyphenate words manually or automatically,
or you can use a combination of the two methods. The safest way
to hyphenate manually is to insert a discretionary hyphen,
which is not visible unless the word needs to be broken at the end
of a line. Placing a discretionary hyphen at the beginning of a
word prevents it from being broken.
- Using the Type tool
 , click
where you want to insert the hyphen.
- Do one of the following:
Note: Entering a discretionary hyphen in a word does not
guarantee that the word will be hyphenated. Whether or not the word
breaks depends on other hyphenation and composition settings. However,
entering a discretionary hyphen in a word does guarantee that the
word can be broken only where the discretionary hyphen appears.
Adjust hyphenation automaticallyHyphenation is based on word lists that can
be stored either in a separate user dictionary file on your computer,
or in the document itself. To ensure consistent hyphenation, you
may want to specify which word list to refer to, especially if you will
be taking your document to a service provider or if you work in
a workgroup.
 To turn automatic hyphenation on or off for a
paragraph, in the Paragraph panel or Control panel, select or deselect
the Hyphenation option. (You can also include this option in a paragraph
style.) When you set automatic hyphenation options, you can determine
the relationship between better spacing and fewer hyphens. You can
also prevent capitalized words and the last word in a paragraph
from being hyphenated.
Set automatic hyphenation options for a paragraph- Click in a paragraph or select the range
of paragraphs you want to affect.
- Choose Hyphenation from the Paragraph panel menu.
- Select the Hyphenate option.
- Make changes to the following settings as needed, and
then click OK:
- Words With At Least _ Letters
- Specify the minimum number of characters for hyphenated words.
- After First _ Letters / Before Last _ Letters
- Specify the minimum number of characters at the beginning
or end of a word that can be broken by a hyphen. For example, by
specifying 3 for these values, aromatic would be hyphenated
as aro‑ matic instead of ar‑ omatic or aromat‑ ic.
- Hyphen Limit
- Specify the maximum number of hyphens that can appear on consecutive
lines. Zero means unlimited hyphens.
- Hyphenation Zone
- Specify the amount of white space allowed at the end of a line
of unjustified text before hyphenation begins. This option applies
only when you’re using the Single-line Composer with nonjustified
text.
- Better Spacing / Fewer Hyphens
- To alter the balance between these settings, adjust the slider
at the bottom of the dialog box.
- Hyphenate Capitalized Words
- To prevent capitalized words from being hyphenated, deselect
this option.
- Hyphenate Last Word
- To prevent last words in paragraphs from being hyphenated,
deselect this option.
- Hyphenate Across Column
- To
prevent words from being hyphenated across a column, frame, or page,
deselect this option.
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