Microsoft KB Archive/212137

= WD2000: How to Set Automatic Hyphenation as the Default =

Article ID: 212137

Article Last Modified on 12/6/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q212137





SUMMARY
In Microsoft Word, there is no default button for automatic hyphenation. However, you can set the option as a default for future documents by modifying the Normal.dot template.



MORE INFORMATION
To modify the Normal.dot template, follow these steps:  On the File menu, click Open. In the Files of type list, click Document Templates (*.dot). Make sure that the current folder is your Template subfolder. For example, for Word 2000 on Windows 98, the following location is typically:

C:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates

 Select the Normal template, and then click Open. On the Tools menu, point to Language, and then click Hyphenation. Click to select the Automatically hyphenate document check box. In the Hyphenation zone box, enter the amount of space that Word should leave between the end of the last word in a line and the right margin.</li> In the Limit consecutive hyphens to box, enter the number of consecutive lines that can be hyphenated. Click OK.</li> Save and close the Normal template.</li></ol>

Keywords: kbhowto kbtemplate KB212137

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