lllllllllllllllllllllllll Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 As mentioned in the title, I am curious as to how you guys are able to type Kanji and Kana characters on computer? Do you have a Japanese keyboard or do you use some kind of software or program that has a wide range of characters that you can select by clicking on it using the cursor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 I have a Mac Book, therefore I just activated the Japanese language "set" and then it is very easy to input Kanji (Romaji input) and Kana. How about you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miya Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 I have a Windows computer that runs Windows 7 and there's a language bar pre-installed on all of Windows' computers. You just have to select the language you want and it will appear on the lower right of your task bar (not sure how it works for Windows 8 though since I heard they don't have a start bar). The language features provided by Windows is sufficient and easy enough to use. You can type hiragana, katakana, and Kanji on the computer using it. (Kanji will automatically show if you press enter button after typing in the furigana). I find it more convenient than the Apple computers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lllllllllllllllllllllllll Posted January 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 I see. Actually, the reason I asked is because I haven't tried typing in Japanese, though I do write the characters I have learned daily on a notebook.The language features provided by Windows is sufficient and easy enough to use. You can type hiragana, katakana, and Kanji on the computer using it. (Kanji will automatically show if you press enter button after typing in the furigana). I find it more convenient than the Apple computers.I have Windows 7 too and I see the language settings in the control panel where you can set the language/s of your keyboard, which you can select later on, as you said, on the right of the task bar. But how do you exactly type the words in Japanese? Like do you actually type the Romaji equivalent of the word "Boku wa" and it would be presented in Kana already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miya Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Yup. After changing the keyboard to Japanese (you can use CTRL + Shift as a shortcut to quickly switch keyboards), there will be an "A" on the language bar. Click that and you can then select hiragana or katakana. Then you just type it out like you normally type and it will automatically change to Japanese. So typing "boku wa" who result in "ぼくは". If you hit the enter button after you finish typing, "ぼく" will also change to the Kanji "僕". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lllllllllllllllllllllllll Posted January 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Cool! Man, I feel such a noob for not even knowing this after all these years I have been using Windows 7. :shy: But I guess it can be a blessing in disguise as I would have proably been lazy to learn how to write the characters by handwriting have I known how to type them from the beginning. :grin: Ok now let's give it a try.ありがとうございます!(Well guess what, it worked!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miya Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 どういたしまして Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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