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To hyphenate the text in a selected paragraph

1.	To enable) the Hyphenate option in the Paragraph palette, do one of the following actions:

•	(New forms) Select Tools > Options > Formatting, and then choose Allow Hyphenation in Text and Field Captions, or Allow Hyphenation in Text Field Values, or both.

•	(Current form) Select Edit > Form Properties > Formatting > and choose Allow Hyphenation in Text and Field Captions, or Allow Hyphenation in Text Field Values, or both.

2.	Select the text to hyphenate.

3.	(Does not apply to text objects) In the Paragraph palette, click the Currently Editing palette menu and do one of the following actions:

•	To hyphenate caption and data value text, select Edit Caption and Value.

•	To hyphenate only caption text, select Edit Caption.

•	To hyphenate only data value text, select Edit Value.

4.	To hyphenate the text in the value area of text field objects, in the Object palette, on the Field tab, select Allow Multiple Lines.

5.	In the Layout palette, select Expand to Fit (Width), or Expand to Fit (Height), or both.

6.	In the Paragraph palette, select Hyphenate. The change is applied.

See also 

About hyphenating text

Considerations for setting hyphenation

Setting and removing hyphenation in forms

Paragraph properties in the Paragraph palette

Formatting (Options dialog box)

Formatting tab (Form Properties dialog box)

To hyphenate the text in a selected paragraph