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Old 02-24-2023, 08:03 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by Tex2002ans View Post
I'd put a very huge WARNING label on this.

Only use Hyphenate This! on an ebook:
  • You are going to be personally reading.
  • As a very, very last resort.
    • Like if your ereader is really old.

DO NOT ever use it on a book you're trying to sell.

It completely fills the book full of SOFT HYPHENS... and while it may LOOK like "hyphenation now works", it can cause many other problems with:
  • Search
  • Spellchecking
  • Copy/Pasting
  • Dictionary popups
    • Where you press+hold on words.
  • [...]
I believe that search still works on a Kindle when soft hyphens are using with KF8. I do not know about the rest of the gotchas in your list.
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