Typing

[Sivius]

I'm very new to the language, and have no idea at all how to quickly and more easily type using Japanese characters - I am not currently willing to pay for a Japanese keyboard. Suggestions?

[ChrisClarke]

Hi Sivius,

The following articles explain how to enable Japanese Language Input support under the most popular operating systems.

Windows XP
http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Progr ... on_XP.html

Windows Vista
http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Progr ... vista.html

Linux
http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/jpninpt.html

Mac OS X
http://redcocoon.org/cab/mysoft.html

Hope those help.

[hatch_jp]

You don't need to get a Japanese keyboard to input Japanesse.

Please refer to the following site;
http://www.declan-software.com/japanese_ime/