Office's hyphenation parameters in docx format

Stefan Blom · #1 02-16-2023, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by JeremyMarto

I'm not sure what you mean by shouldn't be needed. Of course it isn't needed simply because it isn't an option now. But there's also no automatic way to control number of hyphens vs how ragged the edge is, that I can tell.

From Microsoft's perspective, the hyphenation zone option is obsolete, because the new hyphenation "engine" doesn't need it. That is what I mean. Hyphenation is supposed to be generally "better" in the *.docx format. Exactly what has changed (and exactly what "better" would mean) is not documented anywhere, as far as I know. Like all commercial businesses, Microsoft does not give away all the details.

In the past, people made use of compatibility options for WordPerfect to improve the layout with justified text, for example. These are now only available for *.doc files. While justified text isn't the same as hyphenated text, we often use one with the other.

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