

Click the dialog box launcher on the bottom right corner of the Paragraph group.To stop words from splitting across lines in a paragraph or paragraphs by turning off automatic hyphenation:

In Microsoft Word, automatic hyphenation is turned on by default for normal paragraphs (using the Normal style) so Word may insert hyphens and break words across lines. Recommended article: 14 Timesaving Microsoft Word Selection Shortcuts to Quickly Select Textĭo you want to learn more about Microsoft Word? Check out our virtual classroom or live classroom Word courses > Turning off automatic hyphenation You can turn off the symbols by clicking on the same button.

