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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2
User Guide
To set automatic hyphenation options
1 Choose Hyphenation from the Paragraph palette menu.
2 Enter values for the following options:
Words Longer Than _ Letters Specifies the minimum number of characters for hyphenated words.
After First _ Letters And Before Last _ Letters Specifies 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 Specifies the maximum number of consecutive lines on which hyphenation may occur. Zero means
unlimited consecutive hyphens are allowed at ends of lines.
Hyphenation Zone Specifies a distance from the right edge of a paragraph, demarcating a portion of the line where
hyphenationisnot allowed. Asetting of 0allowsall hyphenation. This option appliesonlywhenyou usethe Adobe
Single-line Composer.
3 To prevent capitalized words from being hyphenated, deselect Hyphenate Capitalized Words. Then click OK.
See also
“About the Paragraph palette” on page 395
To use the hyphenation dictionary
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.
1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Hyphenation (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences > Hyphenation (Mac OS).
2 Do any of the following:
• To choose a default hyphenation dictionary, select an option for Default Language, 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.
To prevent words from breaking
You can prevent words from breaking at the end of lines—for example, proper names or words that could be misread
when hyphenated. You can also keep multiple words or groups of words together—for example, clusters of initials
and a last name.
1 Select the characters you want to prevent from breaking.
2 Choose No Break from the Character palette menu.
Note: If you apply the No Break option to too many adjacent characters, the text may wrap in the middle of a word.
See also
“Character palette” on page 381
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