"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)
Bryce Johns
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We’re exploring turning ‘Hyphenation’ OFF in [Normal Paragraph Style] of all Document Profiles.
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Jennifer Schneider
commented
Yes! Please, please, please change this. Especially in Illustrator - if you are doing a lot of text in Illustrator (instead of InDesign) it is because you are doing something more graphically oriented than text-based, and hyphens are not visually appealing.
Flyers, posters, handouts, worksheets - I do tons of these, and manually work to not have hyphens, orphans, or widows because they don't look nice graphically. Thanks!
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Fernando Zamora commented
it's not ideal, but if you change hyphenation in your [Normal Paragraph Style] in the "New Document Profiles" inside Application Support, this will be the default for new documents. You can even remove Myriad as the default font.
I keep a set of startup documents free of Symbols, Swatches, Graphic Styles with the type settings I use for defaults. whenever there is an illustrator update i replace the startup files with mine.
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Lori
commented
Concur. Ideally, the default would not include hyphenation for Illustrator. InDesign, yea. Illustrator, nay.
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--Anna--
commented
Agreed. Hyphenation should be opt-in, not opt-out. Or at least provide an easily accessible check box, not hidden away in the paragraphs menu.
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Anonymous
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Totally agree here. Illustrator is not InDesign where someone might create a long document.
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Anonymous
commented
I agree.. a system preference would be the way to go
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Gus
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Yes.
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Brad Rinke
commented
Yes
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RY
commented
Make this an option that can be set in the illustrator preferences as a "sticky" setting. That way the user can have the default hyphenation style they prefer.
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Kate
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YES.