Having trouble typing in japanese in vista

[addictedKool]

Hey guys.

For some reason, I can't type in japanese characters in my windows vista anymore.

Whenever I type in hiragana, it comes out different than it should. For example:

ka - would come out like: のち
ohayo - らくちんら　

How can I fix this?

(By the way, I'm using the microsoft IME language bar)

[Starairi]

It\s because every key on your keyboard is one hiragana... It\s like that for me as well, I don't know how to change it.

Take a look here:
Japanese Hiragana Keyboard Layout
(takes a bit to load)

The only think I know of that you could do is somehow mark the keys so you know which one is which hiragana.

Example of a solution:
JAPANESE HIRAGANA TRANSPARENT KEYBOARD STICKER BLUE - eBay (item 260323857655 end time Mar-29-09 03:09:54 PDT)

These are fairly inexpensive, but still...

If anyone knows how to fix it so when you type letters from the latin alfabet they turn into hiragana, I'm sure that's better.

[addictedKool]

I don't think I need to go that far... I think it has to do with the settings in my computer. It worked well before. I could simply type "k" and "a" and get the hiragana for "ka". I don't know what happened now but I can't do that anymore.

[Starairi]

Yeah, I understand. But since I've never been able to do that, I don't know... I could try to search around a bit though.

[kirakira]

Originally Posted by Starairi

Yeah, I understand. But since I've never been able to do that, I don't know... I could try to search around a bit though.

1. Right click on the language tool bar and click on settings
2. Select Japanese > Keyboard > Microsoft IME and click on Properties
3. Under General Tab, Input Method, select Romaji Input instead of Kana input

[addictedKool]

That works!!! Thank you so so sooooooo much!! =D

[Starairi]

Wow! This worked for me as well! I could have figured out this earlier if not the properties for this had been in japanese on my computer o_o

Thanks ^^

[Kenpachi11]

where do you find the language toolbar?

[Starairi]

On the toolbar at the bottom of your screen. Should say "EN" or something.

[Kenpachi11]

i dont see it.....