Hyphenation
By default, Office 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 behaviour:
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 Paragraph.
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Click the Text Flow tab.
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In the Hyphenation area, mark the Automatically check box.
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Click OK.
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 Modify.
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Click the Text Flow tab.
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In the Hyphenation area, mark the Automatically check box.
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Click OK.
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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 Office 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 Ctrl+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 Text Flow 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 Tools - Language - Hyphenation.