Insert full-width East Asian characters for date and time

Microsoft Office Publisher 2003

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The feature or some of the options described in this Help topic are only available if support for Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, or Korean is enabled through Microsoft Office Language Settings.

  1. Click in the text box or table where you want to insert a date or time.
  2. On the Insert menu, click Date and Time.
  3. In the Language list, click a language.
  4. Under Available formats, click a date or time format.
  5. Select the Use full width characters check box.
  6. Click OK.

Note  A date or time that is inserted using full-width characters will not be updated automatically.

ShowTip

If you do not select the Use full width characters option, the date or time that you insert will use half-width characters and will remain as horizontal text. To format this text as vertical text, do one of the following:

  • Enter the date or time using full-width characters instead.
  • Apply horizontal-in-vertical formatting to half-width characters.

    ShowHow?

    1. Select the portion of the date or time you want to change.
    2. On the Format menu, point to Asian Layout, and then click Horizontal in Vertical.

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