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Apply borders, shading, or scaling to East Asian characters

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. Using the Microsoft Office Language Settings tool, set an East Asian language as your default language version of Microsoft Office.

   How?

   1. Close Microsoft Word and all Microsoft Office programs.
   2. In Microsoft Windows, click Start, point to Programs or All Programs, point to Microsoft Office, point to Microsoft Office Tools, and then click Microsoft Office 2003 Language Settings.
   3. Click the Enabled Languages tab.
   4. In the Choose the language that defines the default behavior in Microsoft Office applications box, click an East Asian language, such as Japanese, and then click OK.
   5. A dialog box appears asking you to confirm your choice. To continue, click Continue and lose customizations.
   6. Click OK, and then restart Word.
2. Select the characters you want to change.
3. On the Formatting toolbar, do one of the following:
   • To add a border, click Character Border .
   • To add shading, click Character Shading .
   • To change scaling, click the arrow next to Character Scaling , and select the percentage you want. To set a scaling percentage that isn't listed, click More, and then type the percentage you want.