Formatting (Form Properties dialog box)

Use this dialog box to set hyphenation, and widow and orphan control options for the current form only.

To display this dialog box, select File > Form Properties > Formatting.

Words with at Least <x> letters: Specifies the minimum number of letters that a word must contain to be hyphenated. For example, if you enter a value of 7, only words that have seven or more letters are hyphenated. The minimum value is 2. The maximum value is 99.
After First <x> letters: Specifies the minimum number of letters in a word that must appear on a line before the hyphen. For example, if you enter a value of 2, at least the first two letters of a word appear on a line before the word is hyphenated. The minimum value is 1. The maximum value is 99. The value should be less than the value in the Words With At Least <x> Letters box.
Before Last <x> letters: Specifies the minimum number of letters in a word that must appear on the next line after the hyphen. For example, if you enter the value of 4, at least the last four letters of a word appear on the next line. The minimum value is 1. The maximum value is 99. The value should be less than the value in the Words With At Least <x> Letters box.
Hyphenate Capitalized Words: Hyphenates words that begin with a capital (uppercase) letter, such as the first word of a sentence.
Hyphenate Words in ALL CAPS: Hyphenates words that have all capital letters, such as acronyms.
Allow Hyphenation in Text and Field Captions: Allows hyphenation in text objects and in the caption area of objects such as text fields, decimal fields, numeric fields, and signature fields.
Allow Hyphenation in Text Field Values: Allows hyphenation in the value area of text field objects (default text and text the form filler enters).
Hyphenate All: Hyphenates the text in text objects, the caption area of objects such as text fields, decimal fields, numeric fields, and signature fields, and the value area of text field objects (default text and text the form filler enters). This option is available when you select Allow Hyphenation in Text and Field Captions, or Allow Hyphenation in Text Field Values, or both.
Remove All Hyphenation: Removes all hyphenation from the text in text objects, the caption area of objects such as text fields, decimal fields, numeric fields, and signature fields, and the value area of text field objects (default text and text the form filler enters).
Widow and Orphan Control: Controls widow and orphan lines in text and text field objects. A widow is the last line of a paragraph that appears by itself at the top of the next page. An orphan is the first line of a paragraph that appears by itself at the bottom of a page. The widow and orphan control ensures that a minimum of two lines from the paragraph are kept together.