{"id":1587,"date":"2009-01-09T12:08:26","date_gmt":"2009-01-09T19:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/?p=1587"},"modified":"2011-12-03T20:33:33","modified_gmt":"2011-12-04T03:33:33","slug":"writing-in-japanese-using-the-english-version-of-vista","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/2009\/01\/writing-in-japanese-using-the-english-version-of-vista\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing in Japanese using the English version of Vista"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just purchased a new laptop. When I went to type in Japanese for yesterday’s blog entry I realized that I’d have to set up that option since this is a new computer. It has been a long while since I have had to make this change to a computer, and it took me a while to get it right.<\/p>\n

To save you some time, if you want to write in Japanese on your computer if you are using the English version of Vista I offer the following quick, step-by-step instructions.<\/p>\n

Click on the “Start” circle in the lower left corner of your screen.
\nSelect the “Control Panel.”
\nSelect “Change keyboard or other input methods.”
\nYou should see the following screen. If you don’t, click on the “Keyboards and Languages” tab.<\/p>\n

\"type<\/p>\n

Click on “Change keyboards…” button.
\nClick “Add” button.
\nClick the + sign next to Japanese.
\nCheck the “Microsoft IME” box.
\nClick OK, Apply, and then OK again.<\/p>\n

You should be all set.<\/p>\n

If you click on the “EN” on your toolbar you can now change it to “JP” when you want to type in Japanese. You will also want to change the input mode when you want to type in hiragana<\/em> or katakana<\/em>. Pushing the spacebar after typing a word in romaji<\/em> on your regular keyboard while in hiragana<\/em> mode will allow you to choose the kanji<\/em> that go along with the word you just wrote.<\/p>\n

Note that for the particle wa<\/em> you have to type ha<\/em> and for the particle o<\/em> you have to type wo<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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