Hi Lori, Okay, this is what I think I remember Jamie telling me to do about this. Open the find and replace dialogue by pressing control+h. In the find box type ^- in the replace box type nothing, and hit enter on "replace all. I think that will get rid of your optional hyphens, but leave your necessary hyphens alone. In case I'm remembering incorrectly, please keep a back up copy of your book with all of the work that you've done so far, so my instructions, if wrong, won't set you back. I do think these are accurate instructions though. Please let us know if this works, okay? Good luck! Mayrie -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lori Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 6:35 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Optional hyphens Hi all, I have gone through all of the recommended steps from the manual, but I cannot figure out how to eliminate optional hyphens that are occurring in the middle of words. The only way I am catching them is by reading and then only a partial word is announced, yet if you arrow through the word, it is all there and says optional hyphen. Any suggestions? Lori To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.