Troubleshoot hyphenation

Microsoft Office Publisher 2003

ShowPublisher is leaving hyphens in the middle of words.

Microsoft Publisher only repositions or removes the hyphens that it inserts automatically. If you've hyphenated words manually by pressing hyphen (-) or CTRL+hyphen (-) on the keyboard, Publisher won't find those hyphens.

  • To see hyphens that you inserted by pressing CTRL+hyphen (-), you must first click Special Characters on the View menu.
  • To remove a hyphen that you inserted manually, highlight the hyphen, and then press DELETE.

ShowI want to remove a hyphen, but I can't delete it.

If Publisher has automatically inserted hyphens, you can only remove them by turning off automatic hyphenation.

ShowHow?

  1. Click in the text box, table, or story that is automatically hyphenated.
  2. On the Tools menu, point to Language, and then click Hyphenation.
  3. Clear the Automatically hyphenate this story check box.

ShowPublisher will not hyphenate my text automatically.

  • Automatic hyphenation might be turned off. Turn automatic hyphenation back on.

    ShowHow?

    1. Click the text box, table, or story that you want to hyphenate.
    2. On the Tools menu, point to Language, and then click Hyphenation.
    3. Select the Automatically hyphenate this story check box.
  • You might be working on a Web publication. Automatic hyphenation is available only if you are working on a print publication.