<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Kerning is only applied to western text when this option is selected.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Head3"><help:help-id value="SVX_RADIOBUTTON_RID_SVXPAGE_ASIAN_LAYOUT_RB_CHAR_PUNCT" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Western text and punctuation</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Kerning is applied to western text and punctuation when this option is selected.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Head2">Character spacing</p>
<p class="Paragraph">This is where you select the default settings for character spacing.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">No compression occurs when this option is selected.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Head3"><help:help-id value="SVX_RADIOBUTTON_RID_SVXPAGE_ASIAN_LAYOUT_RB_PUNCT_COMP" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Compress only punctuation</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">If this option is selected, only the punctuation is compressed.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Head3"><help:help-id value="SVX_RADIOBUTTON_RID_SVXPAGE_ASIAN_LAYOUT_RB_PUNCT_KANA_COMP" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Compress punctuation and Japanese Kana</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">If this option is selected, the punctuation and Japanese Kana are compressed.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Head2">Start and end characters</p>
<p class="Paragraph">This is where you make the default settings for 'first' and 'last' characters. In the dialog which appears when you choose <span class="T1">Format -</span> <help:link Id="67877" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><span class="T1">Asian Typography</span></help:link> you can specify for the paragraph or Paragraph Style whether the list of forbidden characters applies to those at the beginning or end of a line in a paragraph.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">This is where you select the language.</help:help-text> The languages for which writing aids are installed in your <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> are marked in green.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">When you mark this field, the language selected becomes the default language.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Head3"><help:help-id value="SVX_EDIT_RID_SVXPAGE_ASIAN_LAYOUT_ED_START" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Not at start of line:</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">This is where you enter characters that should not appear alone at the beginning of a line.</help:help-text> If a character entered here were to be positioned at the beginning of a line after a line break, it would automatically be moved to the end of the previous line. For example, an exclamation point at the end of a sentence would never appear at the start of a line if you enter it in this list.</p>
<p class="Head3"><help:help-id value="SVX_EDIT_RID_SVXPAGE_ASIAN_LAYOUT_ED_END" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Not at end of line:</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">This is where you enter characters that should not appear alone at the end of a line.</help:help-text> If a character entered here were to be positioned at the end of a line due to a line break, it would automatically be moved to the beginning of the next line. For example, a currency symbol that appears in front of an amount (e.g. $ 100) would never appear at the end of a line if you enter it in this list.</p>
