On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 06:15:48PM -0300, Marcelo Acuÿfffff1a wrote:
> Hello,
>   I want use align left in my book but when
>   changed from align justified I lost 
>   hyphenation.
>   This spent a lot of pages.
>   How I can get align left and hyphention?
>    
I don'�t know if this is even possible.  It could be, but
as far as I know, hyphenation is turned on _because_ you
use justification.  Good justification is impossible
without hyphenation, or the interword spacing would be
way too big sometimes. This problem doesn't exist with left 
align - then the line simply ends when there isn't
enough room for the next word.  Some will also say that the point of
using left align is to avoid the hyphens.

I wonder though, why you would even want to print a book left
aligned.  Some special reason?  Usually, it is quite ugly
and looks unprofessional.  Like it was made with an amateur tool
like word - or by someone who don't know better.  But of course there
may be valid and good reasons for doing so.  Still, look at
some random books from ordinary publishers and I don't think you 
find any set left aligned.

Helge Hafting

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