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[Salza600]

Hey everybody I just joined the forum today and am learning japanese(started out awhile back). I was just wondering how you all can type in kanji, kiragana, and katakana. Is there some sort of program I have to download or a thing on my browser I need to activate? Any help would be appreciated!

[NZJutsu]

Read the FAQs, that should sort things out for you ^^

[Salza600]

ありがと！

[pubju]

heh..

[Fakse92]

You can also download this program wich has got many functions inside. ^ ^
http://www.njstar.com/njstar/japanese/

[Xurma]

If you use Windows XP, then try to find your Service package 2 CD. That CD has the files for asian scripts if I remember correctly.

[Yudan Taiteki]

And definitely if you have Windows XP, don't bother with NJStar. The native IME is much better integrated into Windows than NJStar will be.

[furrykef]

Xurma wrote:
If you use Windows XP, then try to find your Service package 2 CD. That CD has the files for asian scripts if I remember correctly.

You don't need an SP2 CD in particular. I've never had SP1 or SP2 in CD form, and I enabled the Asian fonts and IME just fine. You may need the Windows XP installation disc, though.

[Salza600]

It's okay guys I got it working perfectly. 見ます！

[kudamono-chan]

Actually, if you go to the Microsoft website, http://www.microsoft.com, you can download the IME for 日本語. I couldn't find my CD, so I just went there and it downloaded perfectly to my (somewhat older) Windows XP

[doinkies]

I think that IME on Microsoft's page only works in IE and Outlook and not in other programs though...

[Oppilolik]

(Thought it was best not to start a new thread)

I've only started learning Japanese yesterday, and installed the IME for Vista today, but whenever I type 'konnichi wa', it comes up as こんにちわ, which I know isn't correct. Does anyone know why this is?

[richvh]

When you type "wa" in the IME, you'll always get わ, since it can't tell you want the particle; you have to type kon'nichiha to get こんにちは. You'll eventually get the hang of wapuro romaji.

[Oppilolik]

Ahh, thank you! It doesn't quite make sense to me, but I'll just have to live with it.

[furrykef]

Why doesn't it make sense? It's not any different from remembering to write "ha" instead of "wa" when you're writing with a pencil or pen, is it?