Inputting Japanese

[The purpose of this section]
Acquire how to use Japanese on a PC

How to input Japanese on a PC

Inputting Japanese on a PC requires a special method.
　　(This is called FEP: Front End Processor)
　　(which is familiar to us from mobile phones)

It uses a process in which we enter Japanese in the Roman alphabet and then convert them.
　　(which is slightly different from the system on mobile phones)

Double-Byte Character and Single-Byte Character

Alphabetic characters, numeric characters, and symbols are called single-byte characters.
　　　(Examples) Kumamoto University, TAKARAJIMA, 2003, #, *

On the other hand, Japanese characters are twice as wide as normal alphabetic characters and are called double-byte characters.
　　　(Examples) 熊本大学　イタリア　宝島

Keep in mind that there are double-byte alphabetic characters, numeric characters, and symbols, too.
　　　(Examples) Ｋｕｍａｍｏｔｏ, ＴＡＫＡＲＡ, ２００３，＃，＊，．

Inputting Japanese

Setting the input mode to the Japanese input mode
　　 Press the “半角/全角漢字” key
　　　　("A" in the language bar changes to "あ")
→

Finishing Japanese input mode (Setting the input mode to the single-byte direct input mode)
　　 Press the "半角/全角漢字" key again
　　　　(“あ ” in the language bar changes to “A”)
→

Converting characters into Kanji
　　 After inputting the Roman characters (they are converted into Hiragana automatically) press the Space bar
　　 Press the Space bar as many times as necessary until the desired string of characters is displayed
　　 Press the Enter key when you have the desired string of characters

Changing the length of a clause
　If you found that the segment of characters (Kanji) is wrongly separated during the Kanji conversion, adjust the length of the segment using Shift + ¬ key or Shift + R key, then press the Space bar

Changing the type of character
　To change the type of the character (double-byte Hiragana, double-byte Katakana, double-byte alphanumeric character, and single-byte character), before inputting the text in Roman characters、 input the mode, click “あ” (“A”, etc.)” in the language bar,

then select the desired type of character.

“ひらがな(H)”(Hiragana) 　　 ← for inputting Kanji or Hiragana
“全角カタカナ(K)” (Double-byte Katakana) ← for imputting Katakana
“全角英数(L)” (Double-byte alphabetic characters and double byte numeric characters) ← for inputting double-byte alphabetic characters, double-byte numeric characters, and double-byte symbols
“直接入力(D)” (Direct input)　　 ← for inputting single-byte characters (finishing the Japanese input mode)
(Note) Do not use “半角カタカナ(A)”(single-byte Katakana) and “半角英数(P)”(single-byte alphabetic characters and single-bite numeric characters) in general

(Note)
Pay careful attention to whether you need (or whether they are required) double-byte or single-byte characters when you iput the text.

 [Practice 5] Input the following characters all in double-byte characters (all from ◎ to ＞)

       ◎【無線LAN開始！】＃＜〒８６０＞ 

　　　   (Tip: To input “〒”, enter “Yuubin” then convert it.)

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