Search for East Asian words with half-width and full-width characters

The feature described in this Help topic is only available if support for the appropriate East Asian language is enabled through Microsoft Office Language Settings.

Microsoft Publisher enables you to use either half-width or full-width characters for alphabet characters, numerals, and Katakana. The space between half-width characters is automatically adjusted to be proportional, while the space between full-width characters is not. For this reason, full-width alphabet characters and numerals might appear too widely spaced and be difficult to read.

  1. On the Edit menu, click Find or Replace.
  2. Select the Match Width checkbox.
  3. In the Find What box, type the words you want to search for.
  4. If you are replacing text, type the new text in the Replace with box.

Tip

For text that is easy to read, follow these two basic rules in East Asian desk top publishing: