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Using kinsoku khori


    Kinsoku shori determines line breaks in Japanese type. Characters that cannot begin a line or end a line are known as kinsoku characters. There are two options you can set to determine how strictly the rules are followed. JIS Weak allows for looser formatting, while JIS Maximum follows strict formatting rules. There are three different methods for keeping kinsoku characters from beginning or ending a line:

    Oidashi

    Moves kinsoku characters down to the next line.

    Oikomi

    Moves kinsoku characters up to the previous line.

    Burasagari

    Allows single-byte periods, double-byte periods, single-byte commas, and double-byte commas to fall outside the paragraph bounding box to make room for adjustments made for kinsoku characters.

To turn Oidashi, Oikomi, or Burasagari on or off:

  1. Select the characters you want to work with.
  2. Select Oidashi, Oikomi, or Burasagari from the Properties palette menu.

To set JIS Weak or JIS Maximum formatting rules:

    Select JIS Weak or JIS Maximum from the Kinsoku Shori menu in the Properties palette.