Setting up to type in Japanese

[Luthe N.]

I've just bought Office 2007 and according to Microsoft's website I don't
need to buy a Japanese language pack if all I want to do is type in Japanese.
Only if I want all the menu's and stuff to be in Japanese. I've had Office
2003 before this and had no problem downloading and installing a language
pack and switching back and forth between english and Japanese.

But now I can't figure out how I'm supposed to do this! I have Windows XP
and Office 2007 Professional Plus. I can see Japanese & chinese text on
websites but cannot figure out how to enable to type in Japanese. I have a US
laptop, when I check under 'keyboard enabling' Japanese is not an option! And
under the Office 2007 Language settings Japanese has 'limited support' which
looking up this with Microsoft's how-to's does not answer.

So after trying to figure this out for myself I'm turning to you guys here,
and hopefully somebody can help me out with this. Because after paying $$ for
Professional I don't want to have to then pay out $25 for a language pack
that has functions I don't even need!

 

[Ryan Hamshire]

It's true that you don't need a language pack. My memory of the steps for XP
is a little foggy, but try this:

1. Start -> Control Panel -> Regional Settings
2. Keyboards/Languages Tab
3. Add/Change Keyboards
4. Click "Add", find Japanese (Japan), and choose the "IME" option.
5. Click OK.

Near the right end of your task bar, you should see "EN". That's your
language bar. Start up any Office application, then click the "EN" and
change it to JP. Now you should be able to type Japanese. You may have to
change IME modes (also through the language bar) until find the mode that
makes the most sense to you.

Please post again if it doesn't work for you.