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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5640125" role="paragraph">If your text is <link href="text/swriter/guide/using_hyphen.xhp">automatically hyphenated</link> and certain hyphenated words look ugly, or if you want specific words never to be hyphenated you can switch off hyphenation for those words:</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153634" role="listitem">Choose <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><emph>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</emph></caseinline><defaultinline><emph>Tools - Options</emph></defaultinline></switchinline><emph> - Languages and Locales - Writing Aids</emph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153658" role="listitem">Select a dictionary in the <emph>User-defined dictionary </emph>list, and then click <emph>Edit</emph>.</paragraph>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147125" role="listitem">If the list is empty, click <emph>New</emph> to create a dictionary.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150218" role="listitem">In the<emph> Word</emph> box, type the word you want to exclude from hyphenation, followed by an equal sign (=), for example, "pretentious=".</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150247" role="listitem">Click <emph>New</emph>, and then click <emph>Close</emph>.</paragraph>
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      <tip xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147036">To quickly exclude a word from hyphenation, select the word, choose <emph>Format - Character</emph>, click the <emph>Font </emph>tab, and select "None" in the <emph>Language </emph>box.</tip>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0302200910262761" role="paragraph">Some words contain special characters that %PRODUCTNAME treats as a hyphen. If you do not want such words to be hyphenated, you can insert a special code that prevents hyphenation at the position where the special code is inserted. Proceed as follows:</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0302200910262837" role="listitem">Position the cursor at the place where no hyphenation should occur.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id0302200910262867" role="listitem">Choose <menuitem>Insert - Formatting Mark - Word Joiner</menuitem>.</paragraph>
            <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id501639661322712">The inserted formatting mark will be shown in gray. To remove it, simply place the cursor over the formatting mark and press the <keycode>Del</keycode> key.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154361" role="paragraph"><link href="text/swriter/01/05030200.xhp">Text Flow</link></paragraph>
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