What Is a Soft Hyphen?

A hyphen is a punctuation mark used between two parts of a compound word or between the bytes of a word, especially at the end of a line or paragraph. The hyphen refers only to the "underscore", excluding the overscore and underscore.

[lián zì fú]

The hyphen refers only to the "underscore", excluding the overscore and

Hyphen insert optional hyphen

The steps for inserting optional hyphens between English words in a Word2010 document are as follows:

Step 1. Open the Word2010 document window and position the insertion point cursor at the appropriate position in the middle of the English word where you need to insert optional hyphens.

Step 2. Switch to the "Insert" ribbon, click the "Symbols" button in the "Symbols" group, and select the "Other Symbols" command in the open symbol panel.

Step 3. Open the "Symbols" dialog and switch to the "Special Symbols" tab. Select the "Optional Hyphen" option and click the "Insert" button to insert an optional hyphen in a Word2010 document.

Step 4. After you finish inserting all optional hyphens, click the Close button in the Symbol dialog box. ^[2]

Hyphen display optional hyphen

English words containing optional hyphens in a Word2010 document are not displayed by default if they are not at the end of the line. The user can set the optional hyphen to be displayed all the time. The operation steps are as follows:

Step 1. Open the Word2010 document window and click the "File" "Options" command in turn.

Step 2. Switch to the "Display" tab in the "Word Options" dialog box that opens, select the "Optional hyphen" check box in the "Always show these format marks on screen" area, and click "OK "Button.

Step 3. Return to the Word2010 document window, and all optional hyphens will be displayed.