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"Hyphenate" not be the default paragraph option

By default, paragraph text is set to hyphenate words that don't fit into the text box. I suggest that the default is to have text not be hyphenated so you can click the box if you want it to be.

No one I know has ever wanted hyphenated words in text, but you have to uncheck the "Hyphenate" box from the Paragraph Palette, it's annoying to have to do that every time I make a new paragraph or paragraph style. (same problem in indesign)

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  • Rick Wallace commented  ·   ·  Report

    Someone at Adobe is dug in on this and must fight it at every update. It's like arguing with a 3 year old over an old toy, they just won't let go. Says a lot about the culture at Adobe.

    I just posted on https://www.facebook.com/Adobe about this. Go to facebook and add to the thread. Lets push this thru by the end of the year.

  • K-O commented  ·   ·  Report

    Everyone wants hyphenate turned off by default. This request has been open since 2017. Adobe Team, Can you please provide an update? This must be one of the easiest "feature" requests in your queue. It requires changing ONE VARIABLE in the code. That's all. Can you respond please?

  • keith-o commented  ·   ·  Report

    Adobe Team, can we get a response please?

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    this request started in 2017. What is the general timeframe to get around to the backlog? its like the spelling checker as you type thing, (which by the way is terrible and completely unintuitive) that took 10 years to address! we pay good money for this product. it takes absolutely forever for any requests to be looked at. it seems you respond once a year if that! not good enough

  • keith-o commented  ·   ·  Report

    Adobe Team, What is the status here? Last update from you guys was 2018. This HAS to be one of the easiest fixes you guys can make. Its in the top 10 of requests. Its involves simply changing the state of a default checkbox from "checked" to "unchecked". There is no dispute among users. Can we get a response please?

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hi Rick,
    I've been using Illustrator since 1990.
    - Not a millennial.

  • Rick Wallace commented  ·   ·  Report

    I know why that last comment was "anonymous" because its from a millennial that loves to meh anything that didn't come last year. You sound like the type that relies on copying other peoples work and on software filters to jazz up your work. Most of us know who to design without needing software to do all the work for us. The software is there to communicate our skills, not replace our skills.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    I get the impression Adobe know that Illustrator is well beyond its planned lifetime and should have been killed off many years ago, but can't be bothered to come up with a replacement, and are surprised that people are still willing to use this antiquated piece of junk. The ONLY reason anyone uses it is because everyone uses it. Nobody likes it. Sadly it's the 'industry standard', and until we all switch over to Affinity Designer, it will tragically retain its unearned, undeserved place at the top of the vector heap. (That plus the fact that it's thrown in for free, like a similar-vintage AOL CD, as part of the Creative Cloud subscription).

  • Rick Wallace commented  ·   ·  Report

    I get the impression that if it doesn't directly effect design for web then it's not important and goes in the "maybe someday" pile of requests.

  • keith-o commented  ·   ·  Report

    Its probably as simple as changing a 1 to a zero in the code for this specific setting.

    The fact that some of these simple, yet user-essential changes (like HSB default sliders) haven't budged in years but they researched Grammarly support for AI, says a lot about their growing unfamiliarity with the core user's needs and workflow.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Well, it hasn't even been 4 years since this incredibly simple fix was requested, and it was as recent as November 2018 when Adobe said they'd "explore" it, so give them a break. After all, it did take ~30 years to fix the Free Transform tool, so tweaking one or two lines of code must surely take around a decade?

    Yesterday, at Adobe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONFj7AYgbko

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Blows my mind that this is not fixed yet. As far as I am concerned this is a bug. Who the **** wants hyphenate on by default??? So frustrating.

  • David Shantz commented  ·   ·  Report

    Has anyone ever argued for keeping hyphenation as the default. Adobe: Listen to your customers... the reason for hyphenation to be off by default is this is an Illustration program. Hyphenation is more unlikely than in an application for publishing books and multi-page documents. Personally, I come back every few years and ask.. It's been more than ten. At least, make it an option so we can set it and forget it.. going to the preferences file doesn't seem to work permanently, and not for older docs.

  • [Deleted User] commented  ·   ·  Report

    Totally agree, such a waste of time turning off hyphenation every time.

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