How to write hiragana and katakana in Windows?


How to write hiragana and katakana in Windows (XP/Vista/7)? My current locale
is Swedish and I have a hard time writing hiragana and katakana characters.

Usually I have a txt-file open in notepad and copy the individual characters,
but that is (obviously) not efficient.

The same also applies for kanji.




Windows has Language Packs available for other languages and alphabets. See
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972813>, for example.

They allow you to write in a phonetic transliteration and then translate it
into kana; pressing the space bar converts familiar words into kanji and where
meaning is unclear you can choose kanji from a list.

For example, if I type "totemo benri desu ne?" in English with the language
pack it will give me とても便利ですね。 Very convenient, isn't it?




Windows has Language Packs available for other languages and alphabets. See
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972813>, for example.

They allow you to write in a phonetic transliteration and then translate it
into kana; pressing the space bar converts familiar words into kanji and where
meaning is unclear you can choose kanji from a list.

For example, if I type "totemo benri desu ne?" in English with the language
pack it will give me とても便利ですね。 Very convenient, isn't it?

