Asian Layout
Defines the typographic default settings for Asian text.
These commands can only be accessed after you enable support for Asian languages in Tools - Options - Language Settings - Languages.
To access this command...
Choose Tools - Options - Language Settings - Asian Layout.
Kerning
Defines the default settings for kerning between individual characters.
Western text only
Specifies that kerning is only applied to western text.
Western text and Asian punctuation
Specifies that kerning is applied to both western text and Asian punctuation.
Character spacing
Defines the default settings for character spacing in Asian texts, cells, and drawing objects.
No compression
Specifies that no compression at all will occur.
Compress only punctuation
Specifies that only the punctuation is compressed.
Compress punctuation and Japanese Kana
Specifies that punctuation and Japanese Kana are compressed.
First and last characters
Defines the default settings for 'first' and 'last' characters. In the dialogue box that appears when you choose Format - Asian Typography, you can specify whether the list of forbidden characters applies to those at the beginning or end of a line in a paragraph.
Language
Specifies the language for which you want to define first and last characters.
Default
When you mark Default, the following two text boxes are filled with the default characters for the selected language:
Not at start of line:
Specifies the characters that should not appear alone at the beginning of a line. If a character typed here is positioned at the beginning of a line after a line break, it is automatically moved to the end of the previous line. For example, an exclamation point at the end of a sentence never appears at the start of a line if it is part of the Not at start of line list.
Not at end of line:
Specifies the characters that should not appear alone at the end of a line. If a character typed here is positioned at the end of a line due to a line break, it is automatically moved to the beginning of the next line. For example, a currency symbol that appears in front of an amount never appears at the end of a line if it is part of the Not at end of line list.