Why cant I see the japanese characters?

[gglogg3352]

I cannot read the transcripts that are in Kanji or any other Japanese alphabet. How can I fix this. All I see is a box.

[yayforjapanese]

You need to download a Japanese language pack for your particular operating system (Microsoft, Apple...).


http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/L/language_pack.html
language pack
(lang´gwij pak) (n.) A set of files, commonly downloaded over the Internet, that when installed enables the user to interact with an application in a language other than the one in which the application was initially created, including other font characters if they are necessary.

Here is some more info from japanesepod101's Help files;
http://www.japanesepod101.com/help-cent ... questions/
(then scroll down to the bottom where it says the following);

"How do I install Japanese support for reading and writing on my computer?"

"The following links give an excellent step-by-step overview of how to setup a non-Japanese Windows system to be able to display and write Japanese."

"Installing Japanese Support"
http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Progr ... on_XP.html

"Writing in Japanese"
http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Progr ... _write.htm

"How to Type in Japanese"
http://www.coscom.co.jp/learnjapanese80 ... anese.html

Then it says;
"If you need further help, feel free to email us at ."

You can also Google for "language pack";
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sour ... =&gs_rfai=

That being said, I would suggest backing up your entire hard drive first before trying anything, just as a precaution.
You should be alright, but seriously, sometimes the best of intentions can go wrong somehow on the simplest of ideas.
So you want to be able to do either a Microsoft 'system restore', or just do a hard drive backup restore just in case.
But I repeat it's not that difficult and should go off without a hitch.
Good luck!