Bad breaks and double hyphenation

[mikie11590029]

Is there a way to stop ID from hyphenating a word that already has a hyphen in it? I'm trying to avoid bad breaks like:

twen-ty-

two

I'd like ID to either break the word where the hyphen already is, or not break the word at all.

Thanks!

[brianp311 · Accepted solution]

Check out this post from David Blatner at InDesign Secrets: https://indesignsecrets.com/stop-hyphenated-words-hyphenating.php

It involves setting up a "no-break" Character style then using Grep Styles to find actually hyphenated words and applying the no-break style to them.

[Lukas Engqvist]

If you add a discretionay hypen (ctrl-shift-dash) after the hypen then you will get as you want while retaining the flexibility of reflowable text.

[mikie11590029]

This doesn't always work, unfortunately. Sometimes ID will break the word in a place other than where the discretionary hyphen is, or I'll get two hyphens showing up.

[Cegensyrique]

Ben je er al uit? Bij bewerken - voorkeuren-  moet je bij woordenboek Hunspell wijzigen in Proximity.

Probleem opgelost. 😉

[blandcrowder]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I was putting it at the start of the hyphenated word (probably a Quark habit) and this is exactly what I needed. Ty!

[HHSDebbie]

I use a trick I know from Word. Right after the dash (that divides the word) press ctrl HOLD and and press the enter key. ALWAYS works for me.

[HHSDebbie]

I too am having a PROBLEM with hyphenate!! It is breaking words in absolutely wrong places:  examples:  so-mething, ge-nerations, Cz-echoslovakia - you get the idea. Have any of you had any resolution with your issues?

[Willi Adelberger]

Does your text have the correct language?

[HHSDebbie]

I'm sorry, I'm not quite sure what you mean? Thank you.

[Elaine A. Wilson]

One of the formatting options for text is Language.

What you describe sounds like your text is formatted for a language other than English.

In the control panel the selected text's language setting is at the far right, under the character style. It's also in the Character panel, and it's in style sheet definitions under "Advanced Character Formats."

[HHSDebbie]

Elaine, thank you for your reply. Actually my text is all in english, with a few Czech words being used. I will take a look at the options you recommended. Again, thank you, Debbie

[HHSDebbie]

The text I'm working with is all english with a few Czech words that are names of books. Thank you.

[Peter Spier]

Typing in English doesn't necessarily mean the assigned language is English. Assigned language is a character-level format setting that can be set in your paragraph styles, as a character style, or as a local override. You can see the assigned language in the Control Panel in text mode, among other places.

[Willi Adelberger]

Which language did you specify in your paragraph style? In the paragraph style you define the main language for that paragraph. Exceptions need character styles.

[HHSDebbie]

I was definitely having a glitch with ID back when I wrote this. It resolved itself. I've never changed the language setting.

Thank you for your help earlier.