Adjusting hyphenation
When you set automatic hyphenation options, you can determine the relationship between better spacing and fewer hyphens. Illustrator uses Proximity language dictionaries to determine when to hyphenate words. These dictionaries let you specify a different language for as little as a single character of text. You can select a default dictionary and customize the dictionary in the Preferences dialog box.
To turn automatic hyphenation on or off: At the bottom of the Paragraph palette, select or deselect the Hyphenate option.
To set automatic hyphenation options: - Choose Hyphenation from the Paragraph palette menu.
- Enter values for the following options:
- Words Longer Than _ Letters to specify the minimum number of characters for hyphenated words.
- After First _ Letters and Before Last _ Letters to 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.
- Hyphen Limit to specify the maximum number of consecutive lines on which hyphenation may occur. Zero means unlimited hyphens.
- Hyphenation Zone to specify the distance from the right edge of a paragraph that hyphenation is not allowed. A setting of 0 allows all hyphenation. This option applies only when using the single-line composer. (See About composition methods.)
- To prevent capitalized words from being hyphenated, deselect Hyphenate Capitalized Words. Then click OK.
To chose a default hyphenation dictionary: - Choose Edit > Preferences > Hyphenation (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences > Hyphenation (Mac OS).
- Choose an option for Default Language, and click OK.
To customize the hyphenation dictionary: - Choose Edit > Preferences > Hyphenation (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences > Hyphenation (Mac OS).
- Do either of the following, and click OK:
- To add a word to the exceptions list, type the word in the New Entry text box, and click Add.
- To remove a word from the exceptions list, select the word, and click Delete.
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