help please i am new

[BamaFan2989]

hey guys i am new here, and i am trying to learn japanese lol. (^o^) neway, i was wondering what is the best website, or something you can reccomend to help my way of learning....thanks.

btw feel free to email me at BamaFan2989@GMail.com, i enjoy emails!

[Shin Asura]

1. Make some Japanese friends

2. http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ft5k-ymd/learn.html

3. http://www.thejapanesepage.com/

[BamaFan2989]

one last thing and i will stop bothering you ^_^. how can you type in kanji on your computer? do you have to have office xp? please help....

also thanks for not getting mad if this is in the wrong forum...

Shin Asura thanks for being nice and helpful....

ARIGATO! ^_^

[Shin Asura]

one last thing and i will stop bothering you ^_^. how can you type in kanji on your computer? do you have to have office xp? please help....

also thanks for not getting mad if this is in the wrong forum...

Shin Asura thanks for being nice and helpful....

ARIGATO! ^_^

Don't mention it

If you have windows xp, go to control panel, regional and language options, click the languages tap, and check the install files for east asian languages box. once you're done with that, you'll need to reboot, after that go back to the languages tab, click details, click add, then select japanese. Don't forget to click language bar at the bottom and check show language bar on the desktop.

After the bar shows up, you'll need to switch EN to JP, after that, you'll need to select what you want to write with, katakana, or hiragana. You'll use hiragana to write Kanji.

[BamaFan2989]

hey how come it won't type in japanese it has JP and then it says cap status and like kana status or something like that.... ^^

[Shin Asura]

hey how come it won't type in japanese it has JP and then it says cap status and like kana status or something like that.... ^^

What is your input mode set to, needs to be either katakana or hiragana.

[BamaFan2989]

ook thanks


edit: wait where is the input thing supposed to be and do i need office xp?

[Shin Asura]

ook thanks


edit: wait where is the input thing supposed to be and do i need office xp?

Don't need office xp. When you change EN to JP, click show language bar, input mode is the 4th one from the left.

[BamaFan2989]

ok i have figured it out, now what about aim? how do i use it on there? and any translator apps or progs?

[Shin Asura]

ok i have figured it out, now what about aim? how do i use it on there? and any translator apps or progs?

You should be able to just type in the kana into your send message box

[BamaFan2989]

isn't it the top selection on that column?

[Shin Asura]

isn't it the top selection on that column?

Sorry, I'm not familiar with AIM

[budd]

i am not sure, but i think he means the language bar when he's typing in the text window. if that's the case, the answer is yes. it says "Hiragana"
edit: okay, i read the other thread. never mind

[BamaFan2989]

yeah, well it is in japanese do you mean the one with the "(H)"?

[StarCrap]

If you have windows xp, go to control panel, regional and language options

I never knew that. ^_^;;

[budd]

that is correct. the one with an "H"
and regards to another topic posted by op, right-click on the document, choose "encoding"
then choose one of the Japanese selections. the hiragana should show up fine then? good luck