Utilities Hyphenate Won't Hyphenate Quoted Words in WinWord

ID: Q75694

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

SUMMARY

When hyphenating a document in Microsoft Word for Windows by choosing Hyphenate from the Utilities menu in version 1.x or by choosing Hyphenation from the Tools menu in versions 2.x and 6.0, words enclosed in quotation marks are not suggested as words that you can hyphenate. The Hyphenation command skips such words and continues with the next possibility for hyphenation, if one exists.

MORE INFORMATION

You can force a word enclosed in quotation marks to be hyphenated as follows:

Word for Windows version 6.0

1. Select the word you want to hyphenate, excluding the quotation

   marks.

3. Click on the Manual button.

This opens the Hyphenation dialog box with the selected word in theHyphenate At box. Choose the Yes button to hyphenate the word at thedesired position.

Word for Windows version 2.x

1. Select the word you want to hyphenate, excluding the quotation

   marks.

This opens the Hyphenation dialog box with the selected word in the Hyphenate At box. Choose the OK button to hyphenate the word at the desired position.

Word for Windows version 1.x

1. Select the word you want to hyphenate, excluding the quotation

   marks.

This opens the Hyphenate dialog box with the selected word in the Hyphenate At box. Choose the OK button to hyphenate the word at the desired position.

Reference(s):

"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Reference," pages 155-156

"Word for Windows Companion," pages 186-191

KBCategory: KBSubcategory: Additional query words: winword winword2 word6 1.x 2.0 1.1a 1.1 1.0

Version           : 1.x 2.x 6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 6, 1998