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Disable hyphenation by default?

Community Beginner ,
Mar 05, 2019 Mar 05, 2019

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Hi all.

I'd like indesign to NEVER hyphenate a word for me. It seems I'm having to uncheck the hyphenation box for every text box.

I've tried turning hyphenation off and closing / quitting. When I start a new file it's checked again.

Any ideas?

Many thanks

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Community Expert , Mar 05, 2019 Mar 05, 2019

Hi Alex,

You should never edit the Basic Paragraph Style, it will cause more trouble for you. As i mentioned you just need make sure that no documents are open and then change the hyphenation to off from the Paragraph panel. Alternatively you could also create a new paragraph style with hyphenation off and make it the default paragraph style for your new documents.

Have a look at the link below for a description on why editing Basic Paragraph Style is a bad idea and how to make a paragraph style a

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Community Beginner , May 10, 2024 May 10, 2024

Yes, you can turn off hyphenation so that the box is unchecked for every new text box. 
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1. If you haven't already, in Preferences > General, uncheck Show Home Screen When No Documents Are Open. (You can turn this back on later if you use its features.)
2. With no documents open, use CMD+OPT+T to open the Paragraph panel. (Alternatively, find it in Window > Type & Tables > Paragraph, OR type "paragraph" in the Help menu search field to jump to that menu item.)
3. Uncheck the Hyphe

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Community Expert ,
Mar 05, 2019 Mar 05, 2019

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You will have to switch off the hyphenation in all your paragraph styles. For text with default paragraph style, you could switch off the hyphenation from the Paragraph panel, with all the documents closed, hence forth all the text that you add to the document should have hyphenation off by default.

-Manan

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Community Beginner ,
Mar 05, 2019 Mar 05, 2019

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Thank you. I've just tried editing Basic Paragraph Style and turning hyphenation off. But when I open a new document it's back on again.

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Adobe Employee ,
Mar 05, 2019 Mar 05, 2019

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As suggested by Manan, did you try switching off 'Hyphenate', with all documents closed?

With all documents closed, select Type tool, go to Paragraph Formatting Controls in the Control panel, and uncheck 'Hyphenate'.

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Community Expert ,
Mar 05, 2019 Mar 05, 2019

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Hi Alex,

You should never edit the Basic Paragraph Style, it will cause more trouble for you. As i mentioned you just need make sure that no documents are open and then change the hyphenation to off from the Paragraph panel. Alternatively you could also create a new paragraph style with hyphenation off and make it the default paragraph style for your new documents.

Have a look at the link below for a description on why editing Basic Paragraph Style is a bad idea and how to make a paragraph style as default, in the link the property discussed is Font but the same applies to hyphenation as well.

https://indesignsecrets.com/3-ways-change-default-font-indesign-dont-edit-basic-paragraph.php

For any paragraph style that you have created and used in your old documents you would have to turn off hyphenation in all of them.

-Manan

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Explorer ,
Apr 07, 2022 Apr 07, 2022

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This absolutely is not the correct answer. This has nothing to do with the default hyphen we are talking about which is incredibly stupid to continue to enforce. 

 

By the way.....closing the documents so that no documents are open only grays out the selection box and doesn't even allow us to uncheck it after closing all documents. This will not work with the new Ai programs at all. Please remove the default for hyphens. It is insanely annoying on how many layouts are worked on each and every day!

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Community Expert ,
Mar 05, 2019 Mar 05, 2019

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Changing settings with no documents open makes that the new default for all new documents. So you want to turn off hyphenation with no documents open.

This is now slightly complicated by InDesign showing the Start screen by default which we need to turn off. Uncheck the following option…

     Preferences > General > Show "Start" Workspace When No Documents Are Open.

Open the Paragraph Panel…

     Window > Type & Tables > Paragraph

Turn off the Hyphenate option in this panel.

You should now have turned off hyphenation for any new document. Congratulations

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Explorer ,
Aug 09, 2019 Aug 09, 2019

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I turned off the Start screen and made sure no documents were open… but it didn't fix the problem for me. Hyphenation is still on by default in new documents.

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New Here ,
Jul 08, 2021 Jul 08, 2021

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Thank you! Clear instructions, worked perfectly. So much better than a lecture on why changing basic paragraph style fonts is a bad idea; the question wasn't even about fonts! This default setting has never made sense to me and driven me nuts changing each text box setting individually when I'm on a deadline.

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Community Expert ,
Jul 08, 2021 Jul 08, 2021

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Thank you. Great to hear this helped you out.

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Explorer ,
Apr 07, 2022 Apr 07, 2022

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Actually.....with the new updates....when closing the documents....there is no access to update the hyphen. The selection available is greyed out and not accessible. So this option doesn't work anymore either unless there is a work around to access this feature. 

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Explorer ,
Apr 07, 2022 Apr 07, 2022

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Community Expert ,
Apr 07, 2022 Apr 07, 2022

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Use the dropdown menu to see the options…

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Explorer ,
Apr 07, 2022 Apr 07, 2022

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Ok thank you. Forgive me but it doesn't seem to be like my program. Its not in english so forgive me if I am misunderstanding something but it does appear to be a little different. I did however go to the options menu and found a "hyphenation" selection that brings up your second menu. After this.....I uncheck this box and it still does not turn off the default hyphenation when opening a new file or a current one and still forces me to uncheck the box. Let me see if I can find the menu you just showed but honestly with it not being in english.....im not sure what you are trying to say......so again forgive me. Let me see if I can get to that same menu.  

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Community Expert ,
Apr 07, 2022 Apr 07, 2022

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Just to be clear.....we are not talking about InDesign. We are talking about Adobe Illustrator

But you have posted in the InDesign forum…

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Explorer ,
Apr 07, 2022 Apr 07, 2022

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Thanks a lot for your sarcasm and lack of assistance. I chose this forum because it contained the exact discussion of the issue at hand. IF you read through other comments, there are people discussing illustrator also.....but thank you again....

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Community Expert ,
Apr 07, 2022 Apr 07, 2022

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If you are indeed talking about Illustrator, please post your question in the Illustrator forum. 

 

@jmlevy 's response had no sarcasm at all. He provided assistance based on the original topic. The fact that you piggy-backed onto a similar, but unrelated topic is your mistake--not JMLevy's. 

 

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

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Apr 07, 2022 Apr 07, 2022

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Lack of assistance? Come on! You started your discussion on an aggressive way, I showed you screenshots to guide you, but if you are unable to admit that you have posted in the wrong forum, that's a pity! 

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Community Beginner ,
Feb 23, 2023 Feb 23, 2023

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How did you start talking about illustrator in an InDesign topic?

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Community Expert ,
Feb 23, 2023 Feb 23, 2023

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@jmlevy was simply responding to @Eric23946179whay , who posted screen captures from Illustrator’s Paragraph panel. Both applications work the same way Hyphenation is a Paragraph, not an Application property.

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Explorer ,
Apr 07, 2022 Apr 07, 2022

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Ok so yes actually after looking a second time......it does in fact look to be the same menu. Please look at my screenshots if you would.......I go to this menu....uncheck the hyphen box.....it greys out the variables below just like your graphic....however.....it does not turn off the automatic hyphen on my end. I will try to close down adobe and restart it to see if that matters but at this point I dont know what else to do! Any help would be appreciated!

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Oct 22, 2024 Oct 22, 2024

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Has bugged me for years but never addessed it.  Thanks, worked for me.   Note the "for NEW documents".  An existing document will still have the hyphenation applied.

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Community Beginner ,
Mar 05, 2019 Mar 05, 2019

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Many thanks everyone! Disabling the start menu and making the changes with no docs open has worked!

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Mar 05, 2019 Mar 05, 2019

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Excellent

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Explorer ,
Apr 07, 2022 Apr 07, 2022

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Im sorry.....how are you "disabling the start menu"? When I use the checkbox to do that.....it allows me to access the menu yes......allows me to uncheck the box, yes......but the minute I restart the program or create a new document the hyphen comes right back on. I have tried everything discussed in this thread to no avail. If anyone else has any other information on and has the same problems I do please let me know!

 

Thank you!

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