User Guide

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ADOBE INCOPY CS2
User Guide
To adjust hyphenation automatically
Hyphenation is based on word lists that can be stored either in a separate user dictionary file on your computer, or
in the document itself. To ensure consistent hyphenation, you may want to specify which word list to refer to,
especially if you will be taking your document to a service provider or if you work in a workgroup.
❖ To turn automatic hyphenation on or off for a paragraph, in the Paragraph palette, select or deselect the Hyphenate
option. (You can also include this option in a paragraph style.)
When you set automatic hyphenation options, you can determine the relationship between better spacing and fewer
hyphens. You can also prevent capitalized words and the last word in a paragraph from being hyphenated.
See also
“To set automatic hyphenation options for a paragraph” on page 233
“To remove or edit words in hyphenation exception lists” on page 184
To set automatic hyphenation options for a paragraph
1 Click in a paragraph or select the range of paragraphs you want to affect.
2 Choose Hyphenation in the Paragraph palette menu.
3 Select the Hyphenate option, if necessary.
4 Make changes to the following settings as needed:
• For Words with at Least _ Letters, specify the minimum number of characters for hyphenated words.
• For After First _ Letters and Before Last _ Letters, 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.
• For Hyphen Limit, specify the maximum number of hyphens that can appear on consecutive lines. Zero means
unlimited hyphens.
• For Hyphenation Zone, specify the amount of white space allowed at the end of a line of unjustified text before
hyphenation begins. This option applies only when you’re using the Single-line Composer with nonjustified text.
• To alter the balance between better spacing and fewer hyphens, adjust the slider at the bottom of the dialog box.
5 To prevent capitalized words from being hyphenated, deselect Hyphenate Capitalized Words.
6 To prevent last words in paragraphs from being hyphenated, deselect Hyphenate Last Word.
7 Click OK.
Preventing unwanted word breaks
By using nonbreaking hyphens, you can prevent certain words from breaking at all—for example, proper names or
words which, when broken, become unattractive fragments. By using nonbreaking spaces, you can also keep multiple
words from breaking—for example, clusters of initials and a last name (P. T. Barnum). If you apply the no-break
attribute to text longer than a line, InCopy compresses the text so that it fits on one line.
To prevent text from breaking
1 Select the text you want to keep on the same line.
2 Choose No Break in the Character palette menu.