Editing the hyphenation exceptions dictionary

You can specify words that you want never to be hyphenated, or that you want to be hyphenated in a special way, in the exceptions dictionary A file containing a list of words that are exceptions to the standard hyphenation rules, or that are not hyphenated at all (for example, personal names). This file is used by Publisher when deciding where to split a word at the end of a line..

Make a backup copy of the exceptions dictionary file - HYUS.TXT - before you edit it. You can then revert to the original exceptions dictionary if you have any difficulties with the new one.

How to edit the exceptions dictionary

1. Start up any text editor that can save files in ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange; a computer code used to represent letters and numbers. format, for example .txt format in Windows WordPad.

2. Open the file A document stored on a hard or floppy disk, or other media. called HYUS.TXT in the PUBLISHER folder Part of a structure for organizing your files on a disk. A folder can contain files and other folders called sub-folders..

3. The list of words is in alphabetical order. Insert your word into the list in the correct place. The list must remain in alphabetical order.

4. Insert a hyphen wherever you want the word to be hyphenated. For instance, you might want the word ‘paragraph' to be hyphenated in the middle, so you would type it as ‘para-graph'. If a word can be hyphenated in more than one place, you can insert more than one hyphen, for example ‘Or-ganiz-ation'.

5. If you do not want a word to be hyphenated at all (for instance, a company or product name), add the word to the list without a hyphen.

6. When you have completed your edits, save the file in ASCII format.