Hi there! In this video we’ll be talking about hyphenation settings,
in InDesign, so let’s get started.
To get to the hyphenation option, select the text, and go to the burger menu on the top right corner
of the toolbar above, and select hyphenation. In the popup menu, if you uncheck this box,
the hyphenation option will be completely turned off, so let’s turn it back on. Now
you’ll find three options here. The first one is to turn the ‘hyphenate capitalized words’ off,
or on. By default, it is on. So I want you to focus on this name that I’ve typed in.
It’s a name, and it’s been hyphenated because of its location on this line,
so the moment you uncheck the box, you’ll find the name jumping to the following line.
The next one is ‘hyphenate last word’, so it applies to the last word in the column.
Now I want you to focus on this non-sensical last word of the column. The moment I uncheck
the ‘hyphenate last word’ option, it moves to the next line. Good bye hyphenation!
Now let’s move on to the last option here, and for that I want you to focus on this word that is half
on this column, and the rest has jumped to the next column, so let’s uncheck ‘hyphenate
across column’ option, and it moves to the next column, so using these settings,
you can really make your paragraphs, or columns look nicer, by getting rid of the ugly hyphens.
You can also completely turn the hyphenation off from the paragraph control settings,
and you shall find the option sitting here. Just uncheck the box,
and hyphenation will be turned off. Check the box again, and hyphenation returns.
For the next one, let me type in the word ‘automatic’ here.
You can see that it’s been hyphenated, so let’s select it, and go to edit, and then spelling,
and select ‘user dictionary.’ Since we’ve selected the word, you can find it here, so just click the
‘hyphenate’ option on the right. Now you’ll find the word divided into four parts by two tilde
symbol between each parts. Now suppose we don’t want the ‘matic’ part of the word ‘automatic’ to
be divided, so all I need to do is remove both the tilde symbols in between ’mat’ and ‘ic’,
and then click the ‘add’ button, and you can find that it instantly reflects in the text as well.
Now there are two options for this word to be divided. Either the ‘au’ part will be on one line,
and the rest on the second, or ‘auto’ will be on one, and ‘matic’ will be on
second. In a situation where InDesign will be forced to divide this word to hyphenate it,
we can always prioritize the division, and to do that, let’s remove one tilde symbol between ‘au’
and ’to’, so now the division will be prioritized in this part, throwing the rest to the next line.
In case you just love the word ‘automatic’ to such an extent that you don’t want it hyphenated,
come what may, so remove all the tilde symbols between the word,
and add it before the word, and then click the ‘add’ option, and instantly you’ll find
hyphenation being removed from the word in the text. Let’s hit ‘done’ to come out of this panel.
Now focus on these words ‘match box’, which are divided into two lines.
Say I never want these two words to appear on separate lines, whenever they appear in the text.
So I’m going to select the words, and go to window, and then type and tables,
and select ‘character.’ From the popup menu, click the burger menu on top right,
and select the ‘no break’ option, and the words will appear on one line.
Lastly, to turn the hyphenation off, by default, let’s close this document.
Now from the welcome screen, go to window, and then workspace,
and let’s select ‘digital publishing’, and you’ll arrive at this screen, so with the
type tool selected, ensure that you are on the paragraph control settings toolbar, and you shall
find the ‘hyphenate’ option sitting there. Just uncheck it, and it shall be turned off by default.
To verify it, let’s go to file, and then new, and select document, and just hit create,
and you shall find the hyphenate option is turned off.
Alright guys! That is all for this session,
and I’m going to see you in the next one, in just a bit. Good bye!