How do I prevent Writer from hyphenating words that don't fit on one line?

[Pharap]

Normally in Writer when a word is too long to fit on the end of a line it gets moved to the next line. Somehow on one of my documents Writer now tries to hyphenate the word instead.

I have checked and it seems to be only this document and only in certain areas that Writer attempts to hyphenate instead of moving to the next line. I have also tried searching the internet for solutions but I could not find any information about it.

How do I stop Writer hyphenating words that don’t fit and make it go back to its regular behaviour?

[LibreGuy]

Go to options → Language Settings → Writing Aids

Go to the bottom pane “Options” and scroll to the bottom. There you can adjust the hyphenating settings.

[Regina]

Hyphenation is a property of the paragraph. It can be set via style or directly at the paragraph. First look into the style of the paragraph which hyphenates. Right-click in paragraph > item “Edit style” > tab “Text flow”. Make sure “Automatically” is unchecked. Then look at the direct formatting of the paragraph. Right-click in paragraph > item “Paragraph”, again check on tab “Text flow”.

In addition it might be a hyphenation which has been set for this special word only. Have you tried to delete the hyphen dash?

[neamtariel]

How can I prevent automatic hyphenation for one word only at some point, while still keeping the option checked Auto Hyphenation in the paragraph style for that paragraph or for the whole document?

[ajlittoz]

This is not an answer but a new question. Please ask it independently, quoting this one in a link. Then delete your “answer”.

I have the solution but would give it only after you’ve cleaned up this question.

[EarnestAl]

A workaround to disable hyphenation for a single word is to enter a zero width non-breaking space at the automatic hyphen. Click immediately before the hyphen and type U+200c then pres Alt+X. Note that for long words you might have to repeat at each syllable.

[mikekaganski]

Or maybe just mark that word as having None language.

[ajlittoz]

This is the easiest solution. And I recommend to do it direct formatting so that all other styling (paragraph and character) can remain unchanged in the document. Consider this is a one-of-a-kind exceptional situation in which direct formatting is acceptable. But be aware that it may have adverse consequences should the text be modified and reflown.