Computer tips for teachers and students of
Japanese language
(For Windows and Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
Outlook, Outlook Express and Internet Explorer)
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Installing the Japanese IME will enable your English (or any other language)
computer to be able to read and write in Japanese. You
won't lose the English functions at all. You just switch
from English to Japanese when you need it.
Click here to go to the
"Installing the Japanese IME"
web page at the Declan Software website, and follow the
instructions there. This web page has very detailed
user-friendly instructions on how to install the Japanese IME for all versions of Windows
(95/98/ME/2000/XP/Vista)
You can also install other
languages such as Chinese and Korean by doing the same. Just follow the same
instructions but replace the word "Japanese" with the
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Lost the
Global IME Language bar? |
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If you don't see the "IME Language bar," or the
EN
/
JP
icon disappeared, do the following:
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Move the cursor to
an empty part of the task bar and right-click there.
A dialogue box will appear. Click on "Toolbars" and make sure
"Language bar" is checked.
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The "IME Language
bar," or the
EN
/
JP
icon should appear.
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To use "Global IME,"
you need to install it first. If you haven't, please follow the
instruction above (Installing
Global IME) and install Glabal IME.
If you don't see
the "IME Language Bar,"
or the
EN
/
JP
icon, go to "Lost
the Global IME Language bar?" section above.
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Look for the icon
EN
in the "Language Bar" (usually located at the right bottom
corner).
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Click on the
EN icon and click on
JP. Alternatively,
you can hit
the
Shift and
Alt keys at the same time to get the same result.
or
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EN switches to
JP. Click on “_A” and click on “ひらがな”. Alternatively,
you can press Alt
key first, and while keep pressing it, hit
~ `
key (usually located at the left top corner)
to get the same result.
or
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The following
JP
and
あ
should
appear. You are ready to type in Japanese.
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When you need to go back to English mode, just
press
Shift and
Alt
at the same time. This action will switch the mode from Japanese
to English, and vice versa. Just try pressing
Shift
and
Alt at the same time and see if the
JP and
EN
icons switch back and forth. |
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Learning how to type
Japanese "コンピューターで
にほんごを つかおう！" |
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Worksheet " コンピューターでにほんごをつかおう！"
This ten-page worksheet will walk
you through how to type Japanese from ひらがな to 漢字 (kanji) with easy-to-follow
exercises. Suitable for all ages. Click the Word icon to
download. (188KB) |
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If
you need to print out the following instructions for
short-cut keys,
click the icon to download the document in the MS
Word format. (46KB) |
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Short-cut keys for
Japanese |
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Switching
English
EN to
Japanese
JP,
and vice versa on IME. |
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Press
Shift and
Alt keys at the same time. |
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■ Switching
"半角英数
(A)"
to "ひらがな（あ)," and vice versa, when
JP
is on. |
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Press Alt
key first, and while keep pressing it,
press
~ `
key.
(
~ `
key
is usually located at the left top corner)
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Switching hiragana word to katakana.
(This is useful when IME doesn't recognize the word.) |
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Type in the word, and while the word
appears with a dotted
underline, press
F7
key. |
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| Short-cut keys for
general use |
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■ Copy |
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■ Cut |
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■ Paste |
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Select all |
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■ Select a part and highlight |
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Move the cursor to the beginning or the end
of the part first. |
| ■ Undo (go back to one action before) |
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| ■ Changing font size by one point |
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Select the part first. |
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