How do you stop words from being split across two lines in Word 2010?

Anonymous
2010-08-10T23:06:00+00:00

Help please, have installed Word 2010 and cannot work out why the words get split at the end of a line, leaving half the word on one line and the other half getting pushed onto the next.  Any ideas much appreciated!

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Anonymous
2014-11-26T10:34:35+00:00

The same problem with Microsoft Word can be solved by the following steps:

1- Close Word

2- Navigate to Start->Programs->Microsoft Office->Microsoft Office Tools->Microsoft Office Language Preference

3- Add Japanese

4- Open Word

5- In right Click menu: Select Paragraph...

6- Go to the "Asian Typography" Tab.

7- Deselect: "Allow Latin text to wrap in the middle of a word"

8- Click OK

The problem will be solved. Now if you don't want to have Japanese you can remove it from:

Start->Programs->Microsoft Office->Microsoft Office Tools->Microsoft Office Language Preference

Good Luck!

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Anonymous
2013-03-26T01:12:39+00:00

I have found the solution (a little late, yes, but useful nowadays since no one was able to figure it out). It has to do with the Japanese language support (I don't know why, but it is like that). I found the solution here: http://www.mraggarwal.com/2007/05/11/powerpoint-word-wrap-splitting-words-down-the-middle/ I hope it helps to the people having this issue and I also hope that Microsoft takes a look at this weird issue.

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Anonymous
2010-08-11T08:23:35+00:00

Word should not split words like that. It suggests a serious bug with the printer driver. Try switching printers or updating your existing printer driver.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-07-07T12:55:13+00:00

    For word 2013 - this works for me.

    Instructions

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    Double-click the Microsoft Word program icon to launch the program. - 2

    Click the "Page Layout" tab to view the program's page layout options. - 3

    Click the "Hyphenation" option beneath the "Page Layout" heading, then select the "Automatic" option from the Hyphenation menu. Automatic hyphenation will now be enabled, disabling word wrapping in the process.

    Read more : http://www.ehow.com/how_8503962_turn-word-wrap-ms-word.html

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-05-20T00:58:58+00:00

    I wrote this huge paper and found that all of a sudden it was splitting the last word onto the next line. I have gone just about nuts trying to fix each time it appeared. Everything talks about hyphenation......not the case. Your suggestion worked perfectly, I just need to fix the overall look a little. It even took out all of the gaps and page skips. Thank you, thank you. Nancy 5/19/2014

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