Hello, I am new to this site. Though I studied Japanese years ago I am now beginning to review and expand on my ever-decreasing fluency. I used to use a program on my computer to type in Japanese, but now I have decided to use the IME on Windows XP, with a standard US Qwerty keyboard.
However I am running into problems. Searching the web and this forum, I have not found even a mention of my problem, please bear with me if this has been discussed before. I am new to using IME so I will try to be clear about what is happening on my computer.
I switch to JP on the Language Toolbar, then click the 'A' icon and select 'Hiragana'. This allows me to type on my Qwerty keyboard as though it were a Japanese keyboard. For example, pressing the keys QWERTY will type たていすかん.
At first this was fine, and I began to memorise this new layout...until I needed to type the 'ro' character. Well, apparently there is no key for 'ro' on my keyboard. After searching the web for help, I discovered that the most practical solution is to type using 'Romanji Input'.
From what I understand, in this form of input you need to spell out a word in romanji, and then the appropriate Japanese characters will appear. But no matter how I try I cannot find a way to change to Romanji Input!
So far I have tried all the keyboard shortcuts mentioned on this forum, and tried to manually change input methods via the Language Bar, with no results. Please help me switch to Romanji Input. I apologize for the simplistic nature of my problem. Thank you for your help.
-Rain
However I am running into problems. Searching the web and this forum, I have not found even a mention of my problem, please bear with me if this has been discussed before. I am new to using IME so I will try to be clear about what is happening on my computer.
I switch to JP on the Language Toolbar, then click the 'A' icon and select 'Hiragana'. This allows me to type on my Qwerty keyboard as though it were a Japanese keyboard. For example, pressing the keys QWERTY will type たていすかん.
At first this was fine, and I began to memorise this new layout...until I needed to type the 'ro' character. Well, apparently there is no key for 'ro' on my keyboard. After searching the web for help, I discovered that the most practical solution is to type using 'Romanji Input'.
From what I understand, in this form of input you need to spell out a word in romanji, and then the appropriate Japanese characters will appear. But no matter how I try I cannot find a way to change to Romanji Input!
So far I have tried all the keyboard shortcuts mentioned on this forum, and tried to manually change input methods via the Language Bar, with no results. Please help me switch to Romanji Input. I apologize for the simplistic nature of my problem. Thank you for your help.
-Rain
