The text will not extend to the right side of the column

Good morning!

Also I do not want all those words being hyphenated as it looks stranger than the original problem so do I just turn hyphenation off?

Of course, the answer to this question is sure, you should do whatever you think looks best.

I have learned that hyphenation is sensitive topic for people—a message sent home when I observed two of my students raising their voices in class as they argued over whether one should or should not use hyphenation on body paragraphs. Witnessing that event taught me that hyphenation falls into the same category as religion and politics—something best not discussed with strangers. Yet, I make a living teaching hyphenation controls in various applications. I long ago chose to simply present the facts, and leave my opinions out of it. So here are the facts:

1.) With Paragraph Composer on, the dictionary set to English: UK and hyphenation on, the right rag is minimized:

2.) With Paragraph Composer on, the dictionary set to English: UK and hyphenation off, the right rag is more prominent:

3.) With Paragraph Composer on, the dictionary set to English: Australian and hyphenation on or off, the right rag is identical to English: UK with hyphenation off:

4.) With Single-Line Composer on, the dictionary set to English: UK and hyphenation on:

5.) With Single-Line Composer on, the dictionary set to English: UK and hyphenation off:

Hopefully by comparing the various combinations of composers and hyphenation settings, you get to pick what you think looks best and then go on and enjoy the rest of your day!

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If you want to learn more about hyphenation and the impact on legibility:

Hyphenation | Butterick’s Practical Typography

Hyphenation - Fonts.com - Fonts.com

Hyphenation and Justification - Fonts.com

I agree with premio_oscar that Balance Ragged Lines could be the culprit here. The instructions above show you how to disable this if you are using styles. If you aren't using styles you can select the text and turn this off in the Control Panel menu. It's a nice feature for balancing multi-line heads, but not so good for body paragraphs.

If not, please share a screen shot with Type > Hidden Characters turned on, so that we can see what is going on. Also, while a lot of people routinely disable hyphenation, you might want to make sure it is on (and check the settings) because it does reduce the rag on the right side.

in your Paragraph Style, under "Indents and Spacing" you have to uncheck "Balance Ragged Lines"

The Lounge Forum is not for technical help, please provide the name of the program you are using so your message may be moved to the correct program forum... A program would be Photoshop or Dreamweaver or Muse or InDesign or ???