• Global community
    • Language:
      • Deutsch
      • English
      • Español
      • Français
      • Português
  • 日本語コミュニティ
    Dedicated community for Japanese speakers
  • 한국 커뮤니티
    Dedicated community for Korean speakers
Exit
0

Prevent hyphens from newlining in InDesign

New Here ,
Apr 28, 2021 Apr 28, 2021

Copy link to clipboard

Copied

Say I have a list of names, and one of them has a hyphen, like 

"First Last First Last First Last-name" 

Screen Shot 2021-04-28 at 2.34.57 PM.png

Even with hyphenation turned off, InDesign still will split a word that has a hyphen in it along a new line if it's near the edge. Is there a way to disable this behavior?

TOPICS
How to

Views

352

Translate

Translate

Report

Report
Community guidelines
Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more
community guidelines

correct answers 1 Correct answer

Community Expert , Apr 28, 2021 Apr 28, 2021

Replace the hyphen with a Non-Breaking Hyphen (option-Command-hyphen on a Mac, not sure off hand what the key command is on a PC), also found under the Type Menu > Insert Special Character > Hyphens and Dashes...

Votes

Translate

Translate
Community Expert ,
Apr 28, 2021 Apr 28, 2021

Copy link to clipboard

Copied

Hi,

 

select the text portion you don't want to break, then press [Ctlr]+[T] to open the character panel. Press the upper right button top open its menu and select the [No break] item.

radzmar_0-1619640000576.png

radzmar_1-1619640047117.png

 

 

Votes

Translate

Translate

Report

Report
Community guidelines
Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more
community guidelines
Community Expert ,
Apr 28, 2021 Apr 28, 2021

Copy link to clipboard

Copied

Replace the hyphen with a Non-Breaking Hyphen (option-Command-hyphen on a Mac, not sure off hand what the key command is on a PC), also found under the Type Menu > Insert Special Character > Hyphens and Dashes...

Votes

Translate

Translate

Report

Report
Community guidelines
Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more
community guidelines
Community Expert ,
Apr 28, 2021 Apr 28, 2021

Copy link to clipboard

Copied

LATEST

Have you tried to use hyphenation, with increased numbers for the values.

This could allow you to keep words together.

And if you use 'hard hyphens' you should keep words together.

More details at The difference between hard and soft hyphens in InDesign - ADD (accessible-digital-documents.com)

Votes

Translate

Translate

Report

Report
Community guidelines
Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more
community guidelines