Is this a compound adjective, and if so, what parts of it should be capitalized in a title?

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I am currently proofreading some documents which go by the title "Pre and Post Visit Materials". For the life of me, I can't decide whether "post visit" counts as a compound adjective in this instance and therefore needs a hyphen. If it is a compound adjective, then in the title would "Post-Visit" or "Post-visit" be correct? If it isn't a compound adjective, would anyone mind explaining to me why?

Also, is it acceptable to leave "pre" as a stand-alone word without any additional punctuation?

Thanks so much for your help!

Does this answer your question? Listing multiple compound words You can check on whether pre-visit and post-visit are (a) compounds and (b) hyphenated, for instance at vmfa.museum pre-visit and post-visit activities, which also shows a way to capitalise your title. — Edwin Ashworth, Jun 17 '20 at 16:05
Thus, << Pre- and Post-Visit Materials >> Although << Pre- and Post-visit Materials >> is arguably more felicitous (but appearance will trump here). — Edwin Ashworth, Jun 17 '20 at 16:16
Not so much a compound adjective as a complex noun with the prefixes "pre" and "post". "Pre- and Post-Visit" is a thus a complex noun modifying "Materials". — BillJ, Jun 17 '20 at 16:40

Is this a compound adjective, and if so, what parts of it should be capitalized in a title?

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