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# Hyphenation

Sets the automatic hyphenation options for individual paragraphs.

To access this command...

#### From the sidebar:

Choose Properties - Paragraph - Hyphenation

Hyphenation

The Paragraph sidebar panel only sets hyphenation for individual paragraphs. Use the Text Flow dialog to access hyphenation settings for a document or style or the Hyphenation dialog to hyphenate words individually.

## Hyphenation

Click the Hyphenation icon to toggle automatic hyphenation. When this setting is enabled, LibreOfficeDev Writer automatically inserts hyphens in the paragraph as needed.

Hyphenation

Additional hyphenation options are available when hyphenation is activated. Use these settings adjust where hyphens are inserted

## Hyphenate CAPS

Hyphenate words written entirely in capital letters, such as initialisms.

Hyphenate CAPS

## Hyphenate Last Word in Paragraph

Hyphenate the last word of paragraphs. Disabling this feature prevents the creation of almost empty lines containing only half a word.

Hyphenate Paragraph Last Word

## Hyphenate Last Full Line of Paragraph>

Deselect this check box to prevent last full line of a paragraph from being hyphenated. The hyphenated word is moved to the next line if there is enough space for it. As a result, the last line of the paragraph becomes longer, reducing the blank space between paragraphs.

Hyphenate Last Full Paragraph Line

## Hyphenate Across Column

Deselect this icon to prevent words from being hyphenated across a column, linked frame or page. The hyphenated line is moved to the next column, frame or page.

Hyphenate Across Column

## Hyphenate Across Page

Deselect this icon to prevent words from being hyphenated across a page. The hyphenated line is moved to the next page.

Hyphenate Across Page

## Hyphenate Across Spread

Deselect this icon to prevent words from being hyphenated across a spread. (A spread is a set of two pages that are visible to the reader at the same time.) The hyphenated line is moved to the next spread.

Hyphenate Across Spread

## At line end

Enter the minimum number of characters to leave at the end of the line before a hyphen is inserted.

## At line begin

Enter the minimum number of characters that must appear at the beginning of the line after the hyphen.

## Consecutive lines

Enter the maximum number of consecutive lines that can be hyphenated.

## Compound constituent

Set 3 (or more) characters to improve the hyphenation in Danish, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Norwegian and Swedish by preferring the hyphenation between constituents of a compound word instead of breaking the second (third etc.) constituent right after its first 2 characters.

## Word length

Enter the minimum word length in characters that can be hyphenated.

## Hyphenation zone

To reduce hyphenation, enter the length of the hyphenation zone. Instead of the possible hyphenation, the line will break between words, if the remaining horizontal space does not exceed the hyphenation zone. Hyphenation zone results in enlarged spaces between words in justified text, and greater distance from paragraph margins in non-justified text.

To set a hyphenation zone for the last line of spreads, enter its length. The spread end zone improves the readability when turning a page. Selecting a value that is four times the font size will prevent hyphenating 7-8 letter words or shorter. It will also avoid breaking longer words at their first 4-5 letters or earlier. If set to 0, the page end zone will be applied as spread end zone.

Related Topics

Using Hyphenation

Preventing Hyphenation of Specific Words

Hyphenation

Text Flow

Paragraph