Hyphens won't break!

[LadyDungeness]

Word 2002 here. I have a document where the hyphens will not break. They act like non-breaking hyphens, but they are not!
If I delete the hyphen and then type it in again, it still won't break. I want hyphenated words to break. How can I make
that happen?


Lady Dungeness
Out of Danger until September
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Lady Dungeness
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[Robert]

Word 2002 here. I have a document where the hyphens will not break. They act like non-breaking hyphens, but they are not!
If I delete the hyphen and then type it in again, it still won't break. I want hyphenated words to break. How can I make
that happen?

Have you tried switching off "Automatically hyphenate the document" in
"Tools" > "Language" > "Hyphenation"?
HTH.

 

[LadyDungeness]

Yes, Robert; I turned off "automatically hyphenate". But normally, a hyphenated word like

third-party plaintiff

will break at the hyphen if needed. Also, the M-dash normally breaks, so that

tortfeasor--the person responsible--will be liable

will also break at the end of the M-dash.


THESE breaks are not happening! How can I get them to break again? Without turning on "auto hyphenate" which does not work
well for legal documents.


Lady Dungeness
Out of Danger until September
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Are lines breaking at other places instead of at the hyphens or em dashes?
That is, are they randomly breaking in the middle of words? If so, that
would be a sign of document (or font) corruption.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Yes, Robert; I turned off "automatically hyphenate". But normally, a
hyphenated word like

third-party plaintiff

will break at the hyphen if needed. Also, the M-dash normally breaks, so
that

tortfeasor--the person responsible--will be liable

will also break at the end of the M-dash.


THESE breaks are not happening! How can I get them to break again?
Without turning on "auto hyphenate" which does not work
well for legal documents.


Lady Dungeness
Out of Danger until September
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

 

[LadyDungeness]

No, line are breaking only on spaces. The hyphens and M-dashes are acting like non-breaking hyphens. But when I view
formatting characters, they do not appear as non-breaking hyphens.


Lady Dungeness
Out of Danger until September
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Are lines breaking at other places instead of at the hyphens or em dashes?
That is, are they randomly breaking in the middle of words? If so, that
would be a sign of document (or font) corruption.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Can you send me a sample problem document?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

No, line are breaking only on spaces. The hyphens and M-dashes are acting
like non-breaking hyphens. But when I view
formatting characters, they do not appear as non-breaking hyphens.


Lady Dungeness
Out of Danger until September
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