Follow the steps outlined below to turn on hyphenation by default for new documents.
- In WordPerfect, select the "Format" menu and then "Styles..."
- Select "DocumentStyle" in the "Available styles:" list
- Select "Options" button and select "Settings..." from the dropdown menu
- Under "Save new styles to" select "Default template" radio button
- Click "OK" to close that dialog to return to "Styles" dialog
- Select "DocumentStyle" again
- Click on "Edit..." button
- Move cursor after any codes in the "Contents:" editing area
- Click on "Tools" > "Language" > "Hyphenation..." to show the "Line Hyphenation" dialog
- Enable the "Turn hyphenation on" checkbox
- Click "OK" in "Line Hyphenation" dialog - the code will be inserted at the position of the cursor in the "Contents" field
- Click "OK" in the "Styles Editor" dialog to return to the "Styles" dialog
- Click "Close" to save the setting to the default template
- After this, all new documents will have hyphenation on by default
Note: This may need to be repeated for any custom templates created
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