I have a problem with Word 2007 hyphenation.

The settings in the first image below direct Word to limit consecutive hyphens to 2, with a hyphenation zone setting of 3 pica.

A second image, from Word, shows that Word has hyphenated three words on three consecutive lines in a row. (There are no hyphens in the text, hard hyphens or optional hyphens.)

The third image shows what happens when I print the file. In this case the image is a snapshot of a PDF, produced with Acrobat, but the same problem occurs if I use any of the number of printers in my office.

In the PDF image, the third hyphenated word, "person's", is printed as "per-" on the third line, then reproduced in full as "person's" on the fourth. This is a program failure, I believe, that I don't want to see in anything I publish.

One other thought: I believe the problem occurs because Word is torn between two rules: first, to limit hyphens to two lines in a row; second, to hyphenating when the "zone" is greater than 3 pica. The third line in the text is rather "loose" and, though I have no good way to measure, probably has more than 3 picas of white space.

Does anyone have an idea of how to prevent this problem from occurring again?

Thanks,


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