Adobe InDesign - Manual (Page 437)

Words With At Least _ Letters
After First _ Letters / Before Last _ Letters
Hyphen Limit _ Hyphens
Hyphenation Zone
Better Spacing / Fewer Hyphens
Hyphenate Capitalized Words
Hyphenate Last Word
Hyphenate Across Column
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Hyphenation is based on word lists that can be stored either in a separate user dictionary file on your computer, or in the document itself. To
ensure consistent hyphenation, you may want to specify which word list to refer to, especially if you will be taking your document to a service
provider or if you work in a workgroup.
To turn automatic hyphenation on or off for a paragraph, in the Paragraph panel or Control panel, select or deselect the Hyphenation option.
(You can also include this option in a paragraph style.)
When you set automatic hyphenation options, you can determine the relationship between better spacing and fewer hyphens. You can also
prevent capitalized words and the last word in a paragraph from being hyphenated.
Set automatic hyphenation options for a paragraph
1. Click in a paragraph or select the range of paragraphs you want to affect.
2. Choose Hyphenation from the Paragraph panel menu.
3. Select the Hyphenate option.
4. Make changes to the following settings as needed, and then click OK:
Specify the minimum number of characters for hyphenated words.
Specify the minimum number of characters at the beginning or end of a word that can be
broken by a hyphen. For example, by specifying 3 for these values, aromatic would be hyphenated as aro- matic instead of ar- omatic or
aromat- ic.
Specify the maximum number of hyphens that can appear on consecutive lines. Zero means unlimited hyphens.
Specify the amount of white space allowed at the end of a line of unjustified text before hyphenation begins. This option
applies only when you’re using the Single-line Composer with nonjustified text.
To alter the balance between these settings, adjust the slider at the bottom of the dialog box.
To prevent capitalized words from being hyphenated, deselect this option.
To prevent last words in paragraphs from being hyphenated, deselect this option.
To prevent words from being hyphenated across a column, frame, or page, deselect this option.
Prevent unwanted word breaks
By using nonbreaking hyphens, you can prevent certain words from breaking at all—for example, proper names or words which, when broken,
become unattractive fragments. By using nonbreaking spaces, you can also keep multiple words from breaking—for example, clusters of initials
and a last name (P. T. Barnum).
Prevent text from breaking
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