Hyphens, hyphenation
Your project style sheet and specific entries in the Microsoft Manual of Style are the primary sources for hyphenation of product and computer-related terms. However, rules of hyphenation are not always easily applied. In general, if there is no possibility of confusion, do not use hyphenation. Make a note of decisions about ambiguous terms on your project style sheet.
For information about hyphenation of common words, see the American Heritage Dictionary and The Chicago Manual of Style. For information about acceptable hyphenation in line endings, see Line breaks (Chapter 7). For information about hyphenating with prefixes, see Prefixes (Chapter 8). See also Capitalization (Chapter 7), Dashes, key combination (Appendix A
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