Thanks. Now why doesn't that work consistently? WinWord hyphenates "Harvey" despite this treatment, for example. Sometimes it shows "choose language" on the pop-up menu, but sometimes not. (I thought computers were supposed to be consistent... ;-) )
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Michael Nuwer <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/19/2010 7:15 PM, Jim Devine wrote: >> >> for example, how can I keep the automatic hyphenation from hyphenating >> proper names without turning off the hyphenator. >> > > Select the text you want to exclude > For Word 2007... > click the Review tab > in the Proofing group, click Set Language button > In the dialog form: check the "Do not check spelling or grammar" box. > > For Pre-2007 Word... > Click Tools => Language => Set Language command > check the "Do not check spelling or grammar" box. > > > This option will cause Word to skip hyphenation of the selection; Word > will also not spell check or grammar check the selected text. > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
