Microsoft KB Archive/130907

= Entering Japanese Characters Using a U.S. Keyboard and IME =

Article ID: 130907

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1

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This article was previously published under Q130907



SUMMARY
This article describes how to enter Japanese characters using a standard U.S. keyboard on a localized Japanese version of Windows NT.



MORE INFORMATION
To enter Japanese characters using a standard U.S. keyboard on a localized Japanese version of Windows NT, you must use an Input Method Editor (IME).

IME provides several different methods of entering Hiragana, Hurigana, Katakana, Kanji, and Romaji characters using Microsoft IME, WX2, VJ2, and ATOK7. The Microsoft IME input method is used by default. To change the default input method, run Microsoft IME from the Program Manager "Nihon go jin ka" group.

To invoke IME, you must use the key combination ALT+~ or ALT+` to launch 4 applications (located in the lower right hand corner on your desktop). These applications provide several Japanese characters you can enter into your document. To disable IME, you must use the same key combination of ALT+ ~ or ALT+ ` again.

Additional query words: 3.10 prodnt japan tilde

Keywords: kbinfo KB130907

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