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To do this, place the text cursor at the position where you want the word to be
hyphenated and press the key combination (Ctrl)(-). From now on, TextMaker will
hyphenate the word only at this position.
Note: If a word contains multiple syllables, you can insert more than just one soft
hyphen (for example, one after each syllable), whenever needed.
Tip: By default, soft hyphens are not displayed in the document. If you want
them to become visible, choose Tools > Options, switch to the View property
sheet, and enable the option Soft hyphens. This will display all soft hyphens as
hyphens with a gray background.
Inserting “non-breaking hyphens”
When a word (or a number) that contains a hyphen is located at the end of a line,
TextMaker might use this hyphen to hyphenate the word. In certain cases, this is
not desirable.
For example, for the phone number 936386-0, it is not advisable to separate the
zero from the rest of the number through hyphenation. The phone number would
be more legible if it was not distributed over two lines, but instead moved to the
next line as a whole.
If you want to prevent TextMaker from performing hyphenation at a hyphen that a
word contains, insert a non-breaking hyphen instead of a regular hyphen. You can
do this by pressing the key combination (Ctrl)(Shiftª)(-) (minus key).
Non-breaking hyphens look exactly like regular hyphens; however, the hyphenator
will never break a word at a non-breaking hyphen.
Character format for entire paragraphs
In the dialog box for the Format > Paragraph command, you will also find a
button called Character on the Paragraph property sheet. With the help of this
button, you can modify the character formatting (font, text style, etc,) for entire
paragraphs. This is especially useful in paragraph styles (see section “Paragraph
styles”, beginning on page 127).
To change the character formatting of complete paragraphs, select the paragraphs
you want to change, invoke Format > Paragraph and click on this button. A
dialog box like the one for Format > Character will appear and let you set up the
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