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# Hyphenation

Inserts hyphens in words that are too long to fit at the end of a line.

Opens the Format - Cells - Alignment tab page.

Turns hyphenation on and off.

Turns hyphenation on and off.

Inserts hyphens in words that are too long to fit at the end of a line.

To access this command...

#### From the menu bar:

Choose Tools - Language - Hyphenation.

#### From toolbars:

Hyphenation

Using Hyphenation

To automatically hyphenate the current or selected paragraphs, choose Format - Paragraph, and then click the Text Flow tab; then, under the Hyphenation area, check Automatically. You can also apply automatic hyphenation to a paragraph style. In text where automatic hyphenation is enabled, the Hyphenation dialog will not find any word to hyphenate.

When LibreOfficeDev finds a word that requires hyphenation, do one of the following options:

- To accept the hyphenation of the displayed word, click Hyphenate.

- To change the hyphenation of the displayed word, click the left or right arrow below the word, and then click Hyphenate. The left and right buttons are enabled for words with multiple hyphenation points.

- To reject the hyphenation of the displayed word, click Skip. This word will not be hyphenated.

- To automatically hyphenate the remaining part of the selection or the document, click Hyphenate All and answer "Yes" to the following question.

- To end hyphenation, click Close. The hyphenation that is applied already will not be reverted. You can use Edit - Undo to undo all hyphenation that was applied while the Hyphenation dialog was open.

To exclude paragraphs from the automatic hyphenation, select the paragraphs, choose Format - Paragraph, click the Text Flow tab, and then clear the Automatically check box in the Hyphenation area.

To disable the Hyphenation dialog and always hyphenate automatically, choose LibreOfficeDev - Preferences Tools - Options - Languages and Locales - Writing Aids, and select the Hyphenate without inquiry check box.

To manually enter a hyphen directly in the document, click in the word where you want to add the hyphen, and then press Command Ctrl+Minus sign (-).

To insert a non-breaking (protected) hyphen directly in the document, click in the word that you want to hyphenate, and then press Shift+Command Ctrl+Minus sign(-).

To hide soft hyphens, choose LibreOfficeDev - Preferences Tools - Options - LibreOfficeDev Writer - Formatting Aids, and then clear the Custom hyphens check box.

## Word

Displays the hyphenation suggestion(s) for the selected word.

### Left / Right Arrow

Set the position of the hyphen. This option is only available if more than one hyphenation suggestion is displayed.

## Next

Ignores the hyphenation suggestion and finds the next word to hyphenate.

## Hyphenate

Inserts the hyphen at the indicated position.

## Remove

Removes the current hyphenation point from the displayed word.

You can only turn on the automatic hyphenation in LibreOfficeDev Calc when the row break feature is active.

## Hyphenation for selected cells.

1. Select the cells for which you want to change the hyphenation.

2. Choose Tools - Language - Hyphenation.

3. The Format Cells dialog appears with the Alignment tab page open.

4. Mark the Wrap text automatically and Hyphenation active check boxes.

Turns hyphenation option for text objects on or off. You can turn hyphenation on or off for each paragraph.

## Hyphenation for Drawing Objects

1. Select a drawing object.

2. Choose Tools - Language - Hyphenation.

3. Each time you call the command you turn the hyphenation for the drawing object on or off. A check mark shows the current status.

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