Set characters and lines per page for East Asian text

The feature described in this Help topic is only available if support for Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, or Korean is enabled through Microsoft Office Language Settings.

You can use the document grid to specify line and character settings.

1. On the File menu, click Page Setup, and then click the Document Grid tab.
2. Under Grid, click Specify line and character grid.
3. Set any of the following:

   Number of characters per line

   • In the Per line box under Characters, set the number of characters per line. The character pitch is automatically adjusted to fit the changed setting.

   Number of lines per page

   • In the Per page box under Lines, set the number of lines per page. The line pitch is automatically adjusted to fit the changed setting.

   Character pitch

   • In the Pitch box under Characters, enter the point size of spaces between characters. The number of characters per line will automatically change to fit the changed setting.

   Line spacing

   • In the Pitch box under Lines, set the point size of the space between lines. The number of lines per page will automatically be adjusted to fit the changed setting.