Basics

  • Full-width characters take two ASCII widths and are standard in Chinese text;
  • Half-width suits English, code and URLs;
  • Chinese punctuation looks different from ASCII punctuation.

Switching

  1. Shift+Space: full and half width;
  2. Ctrl+period: Chinese or English punctuation;
  3. Click the moon/sun and punctuation icons on the bar.

Formatting

Check the required style before formal documents; always use half-width punctuation in code, and enable automatic half-width in English contexts.