#keyboard

This tutorial is mainly for windows 8 , but is virtually the same for windows 7 and its predecessors.

Windows 8:

1. Go to Start Screen (Start Button on Windows7)
   
2. Click on Control Panel, (I used the Search tool to find it quicker, this is not available for non Windows 8 users sadly)

   

   Non Windows8 Users can press Startand click Control Panel

   

3. In the control panel hit Language (may be in keyboard on older models. If you have a language option USE IT, not keyboard)
4. Hit,Add a Language

   

5. Go to Japanese or any other keyboard you would like to use, they have most of the languages you will be looking for probably.
6. Make sure that your computer is capable of supporting Japanese text. If it has the option for the Keyboard it is most likely installed, or will request a down load.
7. If you can read the following Japanese, you should be ready to use Japanese Keyboard and Microsoft IME：　日本語を見えるの？

How To Use Japanese Keyboard and Microsoft IME Once adding the Japanese Keyboard to your computer, you can access it in the bottom right corner of your screen, next to the time and date.

It should say ENG or have some indication of whatever language your computer is set to.

1. Click and change to the Japanese Microsoft IME Keyboard.

   

2. For older than Windows8 computers, the buttons may look a bit different, but the functions and labels are about the same.　For all computers however, there should be the Japanese character あon the screen telling you that Japanese Hiragana Script is Activated.

   

3. If you try to type something now, you will find that your keyboard is in Japanese, but only sometimes.
   

   

4. This is because your computer is making up for the fact that you do not own a keyboard with Japanese characters on it. For Japanese students, you will find that typing in the romanized form of what you want to say will put it in kana (the main characters of Japanese Hiragana and Katakana).
5. Try typing, ko nn* ni chi wa, and it will work if you have the keyboard on. *When attempting to write the character ん you may find it not working. Make sure you hit ‘n’ twice, and it will convert.
6. What’s that dashed line?! Since Japanese has 4 different ways to be written, it is impossible to fit that on a Japanese keyboard. To quickly turn something you wrote in hiragana into katakana, or change the word into kanji, hit the space bar twice.The first time will change  into the most common kanji/katakana for the word, the second time will be a list of possible combinations.

   

7. As you type suggested phrases and recently used phrases will appear. To make writing faster this also comes up as you type. Use the arrow keys to select the word you want.

   

8. But what if I want to use English? Since Japanese does not have capitalization, the shift key can be a quick way to shift to English, however it is very spread apart and still gets the dashes…
9. If you hit the little あ　at the bottom of the screen it will change to an 'A’ and English text can be written.
10. If you right click on the あ you will be able to choose a few more options, like the following sizes:

Hiragana ひらがな

Full-Width Katakana　カタカナ

Full-Width Alphanumeric　ｈｅｌｌｏ　ｈｏｗ　ａｒｅ　ｙｏｕ

Half-Width Katakana ｶﾀｶﾅ

Half-Width Alphaneumeric (Same as normal keyboard)
    11. There is also the option to use the IME PAD, which is very helpful when trying to write the kanji of a word you don’t know the kana for, and finding kanji you need. Click on the IME PAD.

    12. The IME Pad has 5 main options.

1. IME Pad Hanwriting. Use your mouse or tablet to draw kanji, and find suggestions. Click on the one you want and it will be typed.

   

2. The Character list is much like the symbol button, and can help you find symbols.
3. The Soft keyboard allows you to type by mouse, and select through the keyboards available.
4. Finally the last two are for finding Kanji by their stroke or radical ( kanji’s root)

HAVE FUN USING YOUR NEW TOOL! IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS NOTE ME :3

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