You may want to control where hyphens occur in a word, especially if the word is long.
- Select the word that contains the hyphen you want to change.
- On the Tools menu, point to Language, and then click Hyphenation.
- Clear the Automatically hyphenate this story box.
- Click Manual.
- In the Hyphenate at: box, do one of the following:
- To add a hyphen, click where you want to place the hyphen, and then click Yes.
- To remove a hyphen, select the hyphen, and then click No.
Change the number of hyphens that Microsoft Publisher adds
You might want to change the frequency of hyphens in your publication for layout or aesthetic reasons.
- On the Tools menu, point to Language, and then click Hyphenation.
- In the Hyphenation zone box, do one of the following:.
| For | Make the zone |
|---|---|
| A more even right edge | Smaller |
| Fewer white gaps in text | Smaller |
| Fewer hyphens | Larger |
| Fewer short syllables before or after the hyphen | Larger |
Add hyphens for words that can and cannot be separated
You might want finer control over hyphenation in some instances, such as in hyphenated names or technical terms. For this fine control, place the insertion point where you want to insert a hyphen, and then do one of the following:
- For a word that is always hyphenated and can be separated onto two lines, such as "two-thirds," press hyphen (-).
- For a word that is always hyphenated and can't be separated on two lines, such as "Lydia Brown-Smith," press CTRL+SHIFT+hyphen (-).
- For a word that can be hyphenated, but only when it's necessary to split the word onto two lines, press CTRL+hyphen (-).