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gassadamante
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January 15, 2018
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Caption hyphenation

  • January 15, 2018
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Hi everyone,
i have an issue with indesign.

I'm generating captions for my book, but I can't get live caption to hyphenate (text gets all overlapped, whilst static captions are perfect.

What can it be?

Thanks a lot

    Correct answer Steve Werner

    Live captions are limited to one line. You'll need to use static captions so you can break on to a second line. Furthermore, it's bad style to hyphenate captions.

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    Barb Binder
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    Barb BinderCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 16, 2018

    Hi gassadamante,

    And if these correct responses are not what you hoped to hear, consider voting for captions/variables to break here:

    https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests/suggestions/31023790-make-text-variables-live-captions-breakable-like-n

    ~Barb

    ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
    jane-e
    Community Expert
    jane-eCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 15, 2018

    Live captions are like text variables. They are one "thing" and if they don't fit nicely in the space given, they will squish to fit.

    You can

    • make your frame wider
    • convert to a static caption
    • generate a static caption
      Steve Werner
      Community Expert
      Steve WernerCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      January 15, 2018

      Live captions are limited to one line. You'll need to use static captions so you can break on to a second line. Furthermore, it's bad style to hyphenate captions.

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