welcome welcome welcome.
first up : typing in kanji and hiragana
if you have'nt yet go to
start
control panell
clock and language options.
keyboards and languages tabs.
change keyboards
highlight japanese AND microsoft IME
ok
now go toyour task bar and find EN for english
the EN button allows you to pull up the language bar and switch to japanese.
hint dont press the spacebar if you want it to stay in hiragana.
The instructions listed above are for Windows PCs.
ReplyDeleteIf you have a Mac, you don't need to install or download anything, it's natively supported. You just need to turn it on. The sequence goes like this:
1) Go to the System Preferences (Apple menu -> System Preferences)
2) Select International (It looks like a little UN Flag)
3) Click on the [Input Menu] tab
4) put a check mark next to
[Character Pallette]
[Japanese Kana Viewer]
5) Scroll down to [Kotoeri], and put a check mark next to it, as well as next to:
[Hiragana]
[Katakana] and maybe
[Romaji] if you so desire.
6) To be able to switch back and forth between your normal input and the kana inputs, put a check mark next to:
[Show input menu in menu bar]
A little flag will show up in the menu bar at the top of the screen. When you have a word processor open, choose the hiragana or katakana option from the menu bar, and start typing in Japanese!
The Mac has a built-in dictionary also, for looking up the kanji for the hiragana that you type, allowing you to scroll through a list of kanji, till you find the right one that you want!