IME Help ? ^_^

[cpaw88]

Hello! :) I'm from カナダ (Canada) Yes thats about the only word I know in Japanese lol! Canada (kanada) I wanted to know what these settings mean since I cannot read Japan.

http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/9439/question9zo.jpg


Thanks for any help! :-)

[JimmySeal]

You want translations for all of those? The most important ones are ひらがな (Hiragana, means regular input as far as I can tell), and 直接入力, direct input, which essentially turns the IME off.

[nice gaijin]

menu 1:
help
properties
IME standard
natural input
show or hide keyboard
cancel

menu 2:
hiragana
full width katakana
full width alphanumeric
half width katakana
half width alphanumeric
direct input
cancel

menu 3:
general
bias for names
bias for speech
no conversion
cancel

menu 4:
hand-writing
character list
soft keyboard
strokes
radicals
speech
cancel

menu 5:
IME pad
register words examples
properties
dictionary tool
conversion training wizard
help
cancel

turns out that mine is in English after all, so I didn't need to bother trying to translate them. Odd that yours would be in Japanese, must be some setting.

[cpaw88]

Later today i'll poke around with the settings and try to get it into english, thanks a lot for the help! :) Take care.

[JimmySeal]

It seems that the language of the IME is the language of the OS. Are you using Japanese Windows?

[cpaw88]

I'm using Windows XP Home Edition ENGLISH.
Here are some settings, don't know if anything is wrong though.
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/2623/settings8ma.jpg

[nice gaijin]

Try checking the properties dialog on the language bar itself. Under the general tab there should be a setting at the bottom for "display menus and dialogs in:" with a drop-down menu. I can't seem to change mine from the auto setting, but that seems to be the option you're looking for. Good luck.

[cpaw88]

Do you mean on the Language Bar in that picture?

There is nothing about displaying in another langauge, maybe I have an old version and I should download whats on Microsofts site.

[nice gaijin]

if you click on that downward-pointing triangle it should open a drop-down menu. The seventh from the top option should be "properties," and when you check that, a new icon should show up in the language bar. Clicking on that will bring up the properties menu, from where you should be able to make those changes.

[cpaw88]

This is what I get.

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/7728/settings17ro.jpg

[JimmySeal]

It's in the Regional and Language Options. The ones you posted. Advanced tab. Language for non-Unicode Programs should be set to English, not Japanese. I believe that will solve your problem.

[cpaw88]

thank you very much! :) Everything works just fine now. Thanks for all your time in helping me. ^_^

[epigene]

Well, I posted too late and deleted it. (Had to write something... :relief: )

[cpaw88]

Thank you anyhow, you all have helped me a lot! :)