You can adjust the spacing between characters of Chinese or Japanese text by using the options for setting character spacing and kerning. When you use the options for setting character spacing, the character spacing of all the selected text is the same for all characters. If you use kerning, the spacing between selected characters will be different, depending on the font that is used and the characters that are selected. You can also adjust the spacing separately for Chinese and English or Japanese and English text.
 | Adjust Chinese character spacing |
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Select the text whose character spacing you want to adjust.
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On the Format menu, click Font, and then click the Advanced tab.
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Do one of the following:
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Make the character spacing the same for all characters | On the Spacing pop-up menu, click the option that you want, or enter a value in the By box to the right of the Spacing pop-up menu. |
Apply different character spacing, depending on the font or text | Select the Kerning for fonts check box, and then enter the minimum value for the font size of the characters that you want to apply kerning to. |
 | Note Kerning can only be applied to text that is formatted with TrueType fonts. |
 | Adjust Chinese and English character spacing |
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On the Format menu, click Paragraph, and then click the Chinese Typography tab.
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Select the options that you want.
 | Note To automatically adjust the width between Chinese text and English text or Chinese text and numbers, select the appropriate check boxes under Character Spacing. |
 | Adjust Japanese character spacing |
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Select the text whose character spacing you want to adjust.
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On the Format menu, click Font, and then click the Advanced tab.
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Do one of the following:
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Make the character spacing the same for all characters | On the Spacing pop-up menu, click the option that you want, or enter a value in the By box to the right of the Spacing pop-up menu. |
Apply different character spacing, depending on the font or text | Select the Kerning for fonts check box, and then enter the minimum value for the font size of the characters that you want to apply kerning to. |
 | Note Kerning can only be applied to text that is formatted with TrueType fonts. |
 | Adjust Japanese and English character spacing |
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On the Format menu, click Paragraph, and then click the Japanese Typography tab.
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Select the options that you want.
 | Note To automatically adjust the width between Japanese text and English text or Japanese text and numbers, select the appropriate check boxes under Character Spacing. |