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.
When you type East Asian characters, or a combination of East Asian characters and Latin alphabet characters or numerals in the same paragraph, the spacing between certain characters or punctuation may look strange and make the text difficult to read. Publisher allows you to adjust the character spacing automatically in such cases.
Adjust spacing between East Asian and Latin alphanumeric characters or numerals
- On the Format menu, click Paragraph, and then click the Asian Typography tab.
- Under Auto-spacing, select the options you want to use.
- To adjust character spacing between East Asian and Latin alphabet characters, select the Adjust space between Asian and Latin text check box.
- To adjust character spacing between East Asian characters and numerals, select the Adjust space between Asian text and numbers check box.
Adjust spacing of punctuation at the beginning of a line
- On the Format menu, click Paragraph, and then click the Asian Typography tab.
- Under Auto-spacing, select the Allow punctuation at the start of a line to compress check box.