Hyphenation
By default, Collabora Office moves words that do not fit on a line to the next line. If you want, you can use automatic or manual hyphenation to avoid this behavior.
Hyphenation rules differ between languages. To automatically guess where a word can be hyphenated, you need to have the relevant extension installed. If the rules are missing, an error message or banner will be displayed.
Hyphenation rules are often bundled with dictionaries and installed with Collabora Office depending on the language you picked. If they are missing, you can find relevant extensions by searching for "hyphenation" on the Extensions website.
Learn more about language support on our wiki.
Automatic Hyphenation
Automatic hyphenation inserts hyphens where they are needed in a paragraph. This option is only available for paragraph styles and individual paragraphs.
To Automatically Hyphenate Text in a Paragraph
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Right-click in a paragraph, and choose Paragraph.
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Click the Text Flow tab.
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In the Hyphenation area, select the Automatically check box.
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Click OK.
To Automatically Hyphenate Text in Multiple Paragraphs
If you want to automatically hyphenate more than one paragraph, use a paragraph style.
For example, enable the automatic hyphenation option for the "Default" paragraph style, and then apply the style to the paragraphs that you want to hyphenate.
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Choose View - Styles, and then click the Paragraph Styles icon.
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Right-click the paragraph style that you want to hyphenate, and then choose Modify.
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Click the Text Flow tab.
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In the Hyphenation area, select the Automatically check box.
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Click OK.
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Apply the style to the paragraphs that you want to hyphenate.
Manual Hyphenation
You can insert a hyphen where you want on a line, or let Collabora Office search for the words to hyphenate, and then offer a suggested hyphenation.
To Manually Hyphenate Single Words
To quickly insert a hyphen, click in the word where you want to add the hyphen, and then press Command Ctrl+Hyphen(-).
If you insert a manual hyphen in a word, the word is only hyphenated at the manual hyphen. No additional automatic hyphenation is applied for this word. A word with a manual hyphen will be hyphenated without regard to the settings on the Text Flow tab page.
To Manually Hyphenate Text in a Selection
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Select the text that you want to hyphenate.
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Choose Tools - Language - Hyphenation.