Doing so will give clear and uniform spacing for the text of the document beautifully. There is no need to justify the text if it is in the format.

2 Ways to Hyphenate Text in Word

There are two methods 1. Automatic 2. Manual.

1. Automatic

Make sure there is some text in your document. Go to the “Layout” tab, then click “Hyphenation” in the “Page Setup” group, and then select automatically from the options.

2. Manually Hyphenating Text

Make sure there is some text in your document. Go to the “Layout” tab, then click “Hyphenation” in the “Page Setup” group, and then select “Manual”. As soon as you click manual, a prompt popup box will open In the dialogue box, you are prompted to select whether the text should be hypnotized by the “Yes” or “No” options from the beginning. If you select “Yes” the text will be hyphenated. If you select “No” the text will not be hyphenated and moves forward to suggest the next. After completion of it, a done prompt dialogue will open as in the picture below.

Options:

Before hyphenating document text, you can adjust zones, and “Limit” or “No limit” are the consecutive hyphens and you may or may not hyphenate words in capital letters based on your requirement.

Automatically Hyphenate Document:

Select this option to automatically hyphenate text in your document after choosing all the options in the dialogue box.

Words in CAPS:

If “Hyphenate Words in CAPS” is selected in the dialogue box, all the CAPITAL words are to be hyphenated. If you don’t want just uncheck this option.

Hyphenation Zone:

It means the distance between the right margin of a page and the last word in a sentence. It measures space in inches. A close word is to be adjusted to the right margin before being hyphenated.

Limit Consecutive Hyphens to:

You can “Limit” or “No limit” in the hyphenation in a paragraph. If you don’t want the limit, then leave the default option “No limit”. Or you can change numbers for limitation by selecting the up or down arrow.


title: “How To Use Hyphenation In Microsoft Word 2022” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-06” author: “Carl Beyl”


Doing so will give clear and uniform spacing for the text of the document beautifully. There is no need to justify the text if it is in the format.

2 Ways to Hyphenate Text in Word

There are two methods 1. Automatic 2. Manual.

1. Automatic

Make sure there is some text in your document. Go to the “Layout” tab, then click “Hyphenation” in the “Page Setup” group, and then select automatically from the options.

2. Manually Hyphenating Text

Make sure there is some text in your document. Go to the “Layout” tab, then click “Hyphenation” in the “Page Setup” group, and then select “Manual”. As soon as you click manual, a prompt popup box will open In the dialogue box, you are prompted to select whether the text should be hypnotized by the “Yes” or “No” options from the beginning. If you select “Yes” the text will be hyphenated. If you select “No” the text will not be hyphenated and moves forward to suggest the next. After completion of it, a done prompt dialogue will open as in the picture below.

Options:

Before hyphenating document text, you can adjust zones, and “Limit” or “No limit” are the consecutive hyphens and you may or may not hyphenate words in capital letters based on your requirement.

Automatically Hyphenate Document:

Select this option to automatically hyphenate text in your document after choosing all the options in the dialogue box.

Words in CAPS:

If “Hyphenate Words in CAPS” is selected in the dialogue box, all the CAPITAL words are to be hyphenated. If you don’t want just uncheck this option.

Hyphenation Zone:

It means the distance between the right margin of a page and the last word in a sentence. It measures space in inches. A close word is to be adjusted to the right margin before being hyphenated.

Limit Consecutive Hyphens to:

You can “Limit” or “No limit” in the hyphenation in a paragraph. If you don’t want the limit, then leave the default option “No limit”. Or you can change numbers for limitation by selecting the up or down arrow.