Re: [libreoffice-users] hyphenation

On Fri, 16 Dec 2022, W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof. wrote:

> My assumption is that Chris is looking for help on when to hyphenate 
> compound adjectives (like 'the red-brown dog' but 'the big brown 
> dog'), similar to how LO has rules about when to hyphenate words at 
> the ends of lines. Hyphenation of compound adjectives involves a lot 
> of judgment and personal taste. As far as I know, there's nothing 
> about it in LO.

I bet one could generate of list of frequent hypenated cases and add 
them to LB's auto-correct function.

Would that work at all?

One could make up one's own list but I bet one can find such lying 
around online.

fjd

> - Robert
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> Chris,
>
> I'm not sure exactly what the problem is.  I hyphenate things all the time with no problems.
>
> If Regina's suggestion is what you need, you can also insert the non-breaking hyphen with 
> Ctrl-Shift-Hyphen (much faster for me, anyway, then having to move my hand to the mouse).
>
> Dave
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2022, at 10:20 AM, Chris J. wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> >
> > I likely know the answer to this. I'm looking for verification or a
> > better answer.
> >
> >
> > The only hyphenation ability in LO Write I'm seeing is for word
> > splitting and end of a line.
> >
> >
> > What I'd really like is help with compound adjectives. Does anything
> > like that exist in LO Writer?
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Chris Johnson rchristopherjohnson@gmail.com
> > Ex SysAdmin, now, writer /Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a night,
> > but set a man on fire and he'll
> > be warm for the rest of his life.
> > /(Unknown)

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Davis

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