Asian Layout

Defines the typographic default settings for Asian text.

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 dialog 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.