Hyphenation
By default, LibreOffice moves words that do not fit on a line to the next line. If you want, you can use automatic or manual hyphenation to avoid this behavior:
Automatic hyphenation
Automatic hyphenation inserts hyphens where they are needed in a paragraph. This option is only available for paragraph styles and individual paragraphs.
To automatically hyphenate text in a paragraph:
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Right-click in a paragraph, and choose \<emph\>Paragraph\</emph\>.
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Click the Text Flow tab.
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In the Hyphenation area, select the Automatically check box.
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Click \<emph\>OK\</emph\>.
To automatically hyphenate text in multiple paragraphs:
If you want to automatically hyphenate more than one paragraph, use a paragraph style.
For example, enable the automatic hyphenation option for the "Default" paragraph style, and then apply the style to the paragraphs that you want to hyphenate.
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Choose View - Styles, and then click the Paragraph Styles icon.
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Right-click the paragraph style that you want to hyphenate, and then choose \<emph\>Modify\</emph\>.
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Click the Text Flow tab.
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In the \<emph\>Hyphenation\</emph\> area, select the \<emph\>Automatically\</emph\> check box.
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Click \<emph\>OK\</emph\>.
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Apply the style to the paragraphs that you want to hyphenate.
Manual Hyphenation
You can insert a hyphen where you want on a line, or let LibreOffice search for the words to hyphenate, and then offer a suggested hyphenation.
To Manually Hyphenate Single Words
To quickly insert a hyphen, click in the word where you want to add the hyphen, and then press CommandCtrl+Hyphen(-).
If you insert a manual hyphen in a word, the word is only hyphenated at the manual hyphen. No additional automatic hyphenation is applied for this word. A word with a manual hyphen will be hyphenated without regard to the settings on the \<emph\>Text Flow\</emph\> tab page.
To manually hyphenate text in a selection:
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Select the text that you want to hyphenate.
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Choose \<emph\>Tools - Language - Hyphenation\</emph\>.