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Using tate-chuu-yoko


    Tate-chuu-yoko (also called kumimoji or renmoji) is a block of horizontal text laid out within a vertical text line. Tate-chuu-yoko is useful for displaying non-Asian characters in the correct orientation in a text flow.

    Apply tate-chuu-yoko to correct the orientation of non-Asian characters.
    Apply tate-chuu-yoko to correct the orientation of non-Asian characters.

To turn tate-chuu-yoko on or off:

  1. Select the characters that you want to rotate.
  2. Select Tate-Chuu-Yoko from the Properties palette menu.
  3. Note: Using tate-chuu-yoko does not prevent you from editing and formatting text; you can edit and apply formatting options to rotated characters as you do to other characters.