Troubleshoot hyphenation

I can't see the optional hyphens I inserted

• To view the hyphens, click Show Special Characters on the View menu.

Publisher is leaving hyphens in the middle of words

Microsoft Publisher only repositions or removes the hyphens that it inserts automatically. If you've hyphenated words manually by pressing hyphen (-) or CTRL+hyphen (-) on the keyboard, Publisher won't find those hyphens.

• To see hyphens that you inserted by pressing CTRL+hyphen (-), you must first click Special Characters on the View menu.
• To remove a hyphen that you inserted manually, highlight the hyphen, and then press DELETE.

I want to remove a hyphen, but I can't delete it

If Microsoft Publisher has automatically inserted hyphens, you can only remove them by turning off automatic hyphenation.

1. Click in the text box, table frame, or story that is automatically hyphenated.
2. On the Tools menu, point to Language, and then click Hyphenation.
3. Clear the Automatically hyphenate this story box.