consecutive_hyphen_limit property

HyphenationOptions.consecutive_hyphen_limit property

Gets or sets the maximum number of consecutive lines that can end with hyphens. Default value for this property is 0.

@property
def consecutive_hyphen_limit(self) -> int:
    ...

@consecutive_hyphen_limit.setter
def consecutive_hyphen_limit(self, value: int):
    ...

Remarks

If value of this property is set to 0, any number of consecutive lines can end with hyphens.

The property does not have effect when saving to fixed page formats e.g. PDF.

Examples

Shows how to configure automatic hyphenation.

doc = aw.Document()
builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc)

builder.font.size = 24
builder.writeln("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, " +
                "sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.")

doc.hyphenation_options.auto_hyphenation = True
doc.hyphenation_options.consecutive_hyphen_limit = 2
doc.hyphenation_options.hyphenation_zone = 720
doc.hyphenation_options.hyphenate_caps = True

doc.save(ARTIFACTS_DIR + "Document.hyphenation_options.docx")

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