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Windows IME Trick -- Switch Between Hiragana and Katakana Fast - ViolentDeathProvider - 2011-05-28
I've been using IME forever, but just learned how to do this. I thought I'd share:
Alt + Caps Lock is Hiragana -> Katakana (Full width)
Ctrl + Caps Lock is Katakana (Full width) -> Hiragana
It's better than manually clicking to switch, though it will probably take some time for my fingers to get used to hitting those keys quickly as I type-- it figures though, those are awkward key combinations.
Anyway, enjoy, and I hope not everyone knows this already.
Windows IME Trick -- Switch Between Hiragana and Katakana Fast - yudantaiteki - 2011-05-28
That doesn't seem all that useful; F7 converts whatever you've typed to katakana.
Windows IME Trick -- Switch Between Hiragana and Katakana Fast - dizmox - 2011-05-29
It's useful since the default input mode is direct input. :/
Windows IME Trick -- Switch Between Hiragana and Katakana Fast - EratiK - 2011-05-29
http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=2884
A related thread. I post this because it explains how to switch between IMEs (for non qwerty users).
Windows IME Trick -- Switch Between Hiragana and Katakana Fast - wccrawford - 2011-05-29
When I switch to Japanese, it wants to come up in Alphanumeric mode all the time. Which is stupid, since it's the mode I was in in English and don't need it at all in Japanese.
Anyone know a keyboard shortcut to get into hiragana mode? Or a way to default to it?
Windows IME Trick -- Switch Between Hiragana and Katakana Fast - daaan - 2011-05-29
Left alt + backtick (`) is used to switch between hiragana mode and direct input.
Windows IME Trick -- Switch Between Hiragana and Katakana Fast - wccrawford - 2011-05-29
daaan Wrote:Left alt + backtick (`) is used to switch between hiragana mode and direct input.OMG. Thank you so much!
Windows IME Trick -- Switch Between Hiragana and Katakana Fast - thecite - 2011-05-29
I'm using Windows 7 and Shift + Caps lock also switches it between hiragana and English.
Windows IME Trick -- Switch Between Hiragana and Katakana Fast - Kysen - 2011-05-29
Wow (win 7 user here) I did not know this and was getting tired of the sometimes buggy click menu to switch. Thanks!
Windows IME Trick -- Switch Between Hiragana and Katakana Fast - Tori-kun - 2011-05-29
wccrawford Wrote:Or, to make it even more awesome: it does work with the left Alt and the ^. Have fundaaan Wrote:Left alt + backtick (`) is used to switch between hiragana mode and direct input.OMG. Thank you so much!
Windows IME Trick -- Switch Between Hiragana and Katakana Fast - kigai - 2011-06-19
nice idea! i can say im lucky i found this thread! thanks!
Windows IME Trick -- Switch Between Hiragana and Katakana Fast - nest0r - 2011-06-19
You can also hold Shift while you type, for katakana, in case you missed that. In Google IME, at least.
Windows IME Trick -- Switch Between Hiragana and Katakana Fast - bizarrojosh - 2011-06-19
Just a question; I use a japanese keyboard with my Japanese desktop so these don't really matter for me. But if I were to get a laptop is there a way to install a japanese keyboard on it? Or would I eventually have to break down and just learn these little tricks? (not that it would be hard or anything, just asking)
Windows IME Trick -- Switch Between Hiragana and Katakana Fast - mikankun - 2011-06-19
bizarrojosh Wrote:Just a question; I use a japanese keyboard with my Japanese desktop so these don't really matter for me. But if I were to get a laptop is there a way to install a japanese keyboard on it? Or would I eventually have to break down and just learn these little tricks? (not that it would be hard or anything, just asking)You can but the problem is obtaining it. Before I bought my Thinkpad I emailed and asked if it would be possible to have it configured with one or would it be at all possible to order one from Japan through them and the answer was no. I also tried Dell, Sony, and Toshiba and even though the specific models were available in both regions they wouldn't let me special order the keyboard. Ebay was the last place I looked and only found ones for models about 3 years older than the one I wanted so I gave up on finding one.
It would probably be different if I was a business customer or was ordering through a company.