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OpenOffice Writer User Guide
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Hyphenating words

To turn automatic hyphenation of words on or off:

  1. Press F11 to open the Styles and Formatting window (Figure 64).

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  1. On the Paragraph Styles page of the Styles and Formatting window, right-click on Default and select Modify.

  2. On the Paragraph Style dialog box, go to the Text Flow tab (Figure 65).

  3. Under Hyphenation, select or deselect the Automatically checkbox.

  4. Click OK to save.

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Note

Turning on hyphenation for the Default paragraph style affects all other paragraph styles that are based on Default. You can individually change other styles so that hyphenation is not active; for example, you might not want headings to be hyphenated. Any styles that are not based on Default are not affected. For more on paragraph styles, see Chapter 6, “Introduction to Styles†and Chapter 7, “Working with Stylesâ€.

You can also set hyphenation choices through Tools > Options > Language Settings > Writing Aids. In Options, near the bottom of the dialog box, scroll down to find the hyphenation settings (see Figure 66).

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To change the minimal number of characters for hyphenation, the minimum number of characters before a line break, or the minimum number of characters after a line break, select the item, and then click Edit.

Hyphenate without inquiry specifies that you will never be asked for to manually hyphenate words that the hyphenation dictionary does not recognize. If this box is not selected, when a word is not recognized, a dialog box will open where you can manually enter hyphens.

Hyphenate special regions specifies that hyphenation will also be carried out in footnotes, headers, and footers.

Notes

Hyphenation options set on the Writing Aids dialog box are effective only if hyphenation is turned on through paragraph styles.

Choices on the Writing Aids dialog box for “characters before line break†and “characters after line break†override settings in paragraph styles for “characters at line end†and “characters at line beginâ€. This is a bug.

To enter a conditional hyphen inside a word, press Control+minus sign. The word is hyphenated at this position when it is at the end of the line, even if automatic hyphenation for this paragraph is switched off.

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