How To type in Japan?

[xtremee]

Hi all,

i wanna to know how i can type in japan

i added east language and add japan but i still can't type?

why?

Plz help

Regards,

Xtremee

[Daemonforce]

Usually that sort of thing is dependent on the keyboard. Do you have a JP keyboard or do you just want to type Japanese characters?

I use a character map for that.

[LLXX]

You need the Microsoft Japamese Imput Nethod Editor... I believe you can download it from M$ site.

[alsiladka]

Sorry for being humorous , but couldnot help laughing at the topic title

How To type in Japan?

Well , if i am not wrong , maybe you could sit in front of the comp. and type using the keyboard !!! Japan or USA , i believe that is the most common and the best way to type

[xtremee]

@ All thanx for Reply

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Usually that sort of thing is dependent on the keyboard. Do you have a JP keyboard or do you just want to type Japanese characters?

I use a character map for that.

I had try it and i can't c that Japanes caracters

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You need the Microsoft Japamese Imput Nethod Editor... I believe you can download it from M$ site

i will try to download it

BTW i try type in MS Word 2003 and i can't the letters apear in English not Japan.

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Regards,

Xtremee

[HyperHacker]

Go to Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options, and click Languages. Make sure East Asian language files are installed. Click Details -> Add, and just hit J, both boxes should jump to Japanese, then you can hit OK. You should see a Japanese Keyboard entry. Click on Key Settings, and you can select a hotkey to switch languages. In my case I use Left Alt + Shift + 1 for English and Left Alt + Shift + 2 for Japanese. (The keys you can use are quite limited. ) When you're typing, press the key you've assigned to Japanese, and a bar should appear at the top of the screen.

When you want to type in Japanese, click the second icon (should be an A), and select the alphabet to use. (Direct Input is English.)

When actually typing, you simply type in Romaji, that is, if you wanted か (ka) you just type 'ka' and it will automatically convert it as you type. It can be a bit difficult, notably if you want to type ん　or ン (n); you must type the character, then press space, then Enter. It's really quite a pain to use, but it's the only way I've managed to get any sort of Japanese input working. You can also enable the language bar, which is similar but looks different. For some reason it's disabled on my system though.

When you want to type Kanji, there's a few things you can do:

1) Type how it's pronounced. For example, type 'inu' and it'll automatically change to 犬 when you press Enter. If you press Space it lists other possibilities, including the other alphabet (Katakana if you're typing in Hiragana or vice-versa). They have a number beside them, you can just press that. If you actually want 'いぬ', type it, then press Space (it should show '犬'), Escape, and Enter. If you don't intend to use Kanji you can click the third icon from the left and select No Conversion.

2) Click the 4th icon from the left. This will show a menu with various tools you can use to find the specific character you're looking for. (Tip: The "hand writing" tool expects the strokes to be in a specific order.)

Also, I'm not sure how, but there's some mode you can select that emulates a Japanese keyboard; each key is assigned to one Hiragana or Katakana letter. You'll probably have to like draw the letters on the keys to get used to using it. Unfortunately I'm not sure how to access it.