How to Type in Japanese

Where can I type in Japanese?

	Word 2000
	WebBoard
	E-mail (Messenger/Outlook/Hotmail)
	Search box when using Explorer

Table of Contents

	To Open Word 2000
	To Activate Japanese Input Device (IME 2000 or Global IME)
	To Type in Japanese
	To Convert Hiragana Word to Katakana
	To Convert Hiragana Word to Kanji
	Useful Advice
	Important Notes in General
	Important Notes for Katakana Words

To Open Word 2000 To Table of Content

Go to Start
Go to Program
Go to Word 2000

To Activate Japanese Input Device (IME 2000 or Global IME)

Find En in a blue (possibly different colored) box at the bottom and click it to change into Japanese (the icon that looks like the sun). If you see A, click the A and click ひらがな now you seeあ instead of A.

To Type in Japanese To Table of Content

Type words in Roman letters (ex. nihonngo ), then にほんご appears.
Hit Enter if you like it, then the underline disappears.
Edit letters by using Backspace and retyping if you do not ike before letting the underline disappear.

To Convert Hiragana word to Katakana

	Hit F7 after you type a hiragana word before hitting Enter.
	Hit F7 again to go back to the hiragana mode.

To Convert Hiragana Word to Kanji To Table of Content

	Hit the space bar after you type a hiragana word before hitting Enter.
	Hit Enter, if the kanji that appeared in the screen is what you wanted. Hit the space bar again, if you want to choose other kanji (Since there are many homonyms in Japanese, the kanji the computer first chose may not be the one you wanted to get). After choosing the write Kanji, hit Enter.

Useful Advice To Table of Content

	Computer recognizes many words and phrases, so you had better to convert word by word or phrase by phrase, instead of letter by letter. (ex. To type 日本人です, you should type nihonnjinndesu” all together and hit Return .)
	Computer would not recognize words if you misspell the words. For example, gakkou (school) should be typed 'gakkou' to get to the correct kanji equivalent 学校. If you spell 'gakko' (notice there is not 'u' at the end.), the computer would not give you the correct kanji.

Important Notes in General To Table of Content

	Hit 'nn' for ん.
	Hit 'wo' for を.
	Type as you write for long vowels. For example, type 'sensei' for せんせい even though the pronunciation is actually sensee.”.
	Hit 'ha' and 'he' for the particles は and へ.
	Hit [ and ] for the Japanese quotation marks 「and 」. (e.g. 「わたし」と言う本)

Important Notes for Katakana Words To Table of Content

	Use a hyphen for a Katakana long vowel such as コーヒー.
	Hit / for ・which appears between two katakana words.
	Type who for ウォ.
	Type kwo for クォ.
	Type kwe for クェ.
	Type kwa for クァ.
	Type thi for ティ.
	Type dhi for ディ.
	Type dhu for デュ.
	Type twu for トゥ.
	Type dwu for ドゥ. Go to the previous page