User Dictionary does not recognize ’(apostrophe)

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CC17 (and previous)We use a Target .udc exceptions list in our User Dictionary. InDesign does not recognize a word with an apostrophe. One example is the word people's. We never want the words people, peoples, or people's to hyphenate, so they are in the list with a leading ~. InDesign will hyphenate the word people's. I tried entering the apostrophe using the apostrophe key and also as alt/0146, either way it is ignored and the word is hyphenated. Is there a way to enter an apostrophe in the User Dictionary that will be recognized?

hummbled · Accepted Answer

Hi Sandee,I import a .txt file with the words to add every 3 months. I just deleted the word in the User Dictionary in InDesign and added it back in there, not import. This time when I edited the paragraph the word will not hyphenate, so it's behaving properly. Odd.Thanks

Sandee Cohen · Answer

I'm stumped. I can easily add the word "~people's" with an apoostrophe and tilde to the Target User Dictionary and it doesn't break at all. What exactly are you doing?

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