Write Hiragana Above Kanji - Microsoft Japanese IME 2003

Can anyone show me how to write Hiragana above Kanji?

Thanks in advance.

に ほん ご
eg. 日 本 語


どうも ありがとう ございます。

Format->Asian layout->Phonetic guide

However, it seems the automatic ruby function includes only in the Japanese localised Windows 2K or XP only, at least when it comes to Office XP.
You've got to buy another software from Microsoft when you want full functions of other localised Windows.

Office 2003 Proofing Tools is the software.

So you need the Proofing Tools to be able to type the furigana? I hope that is the case, I've been trying to figure that out for a while too.

Just FYI, I am quite sure that OpenOffice supports ruby text, or furigana. It is free, as well.

-Rudel- said:

So you need the Proofing Tools to be able to type the furigana? I hope that is the case, I've been trying to figure that out for a while too.

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No. My computer has Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2003. To get the East Asian language capability:

1) Go to Control Panel
2) Click on "Regional and Language Options"
3) Click on the "Languages" tab
4) In the "Supplemental language support" check the box that says "install files for East Asian languages". Click okay. You may have to click "Apply" also. I can't remember.
5) The East Asian language support will then be installed.
6) If you highlight some kanji in a document in MS Word and go to "Format->Asian layout->Phonetic guide" a screen should appear with the ruby text (furigana) already filled in. Click okay and the furigana will be added above the kanji.

If you want to manually input a reading for the furigana then you need some type of method to input the japanese. The Proofing Tools comes with an Input Method Editor (IME) that allows you to do this. However, you can use JWPce (free japanese word processor) to do the same thing. You will have to type what you want the reading to be in JWPce and then copy and paste that into MS Word through the Phonetic Guide feature.

If you're connected to the internet while using MS Word, you can also highlight a word in japanese, go to "Tools->Language->Translate" and it will look up the word via an online dictionary. You can do the same thing by cutting a pasting the word into JWPce and looking it up through its built-in dictionary.

Here is the link for JWPce: http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~grosenth/jwpce.html

The following link shows the Japanese capabilities that come with Proofing Tools:

http://www.translation.net/microsoft_proof_2003.html

For japanese, the proofing tools comes with translation dictionaries, so I think if you have the Proofing Tools installed, if you go to "Tools->Language->Translate" MS Word will use the dictionary that came with the Proofing Tools instead of looking it up on hte internet.

Gerald

I think you also have to enable japanese for editing in MS Office by doing the following:

1) In Microsoft Windows, click Start, point to Programs or All Programs, point to Microsoft Office, point to Microsoft Office Tools, and then click Microsoft Office 2003 Language Settings.
2) Click the Enabled Languages tab.
3) In the Available languages box, select the language you want to enable.
4) Click Add.

If in MS Word go to help and type in "Japanese" or "phonetic Guide" and you will get search results that should help figure it out.

Gerald

Kuzzy said:

Just FYI, I am quite sure that OpenOffice supports ruby text, or furigana. It is free, as well.

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I just want to leave a pointer to Portable OpenOffice, which is OpenOffice packaged for portable use on a USB drive or portable hard drive. I've been using it recently and it's quite nice. I love the way it handles Japanese characters. I can't comment on its furigana capabilities, though. Not yet, at least.

berean_315 said:

6) If you highlight some kanji in a document in MS Word and go to "Format->Asian layout->Phonetic guide" a screen should appear with the ruby text (furigana) already filled in. Click okay and the furigana will be added above the kanji.

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That's great to know the above!

A guy using windows xp french ver. said no automatic ruby function with his windows xp and office2003, so it might be his misunderstanding.

The following links have some good info about using Japanese on an English computer.

http://www.declan-software.com/japanese_ime/#XP
http://www.nihongo-ok.com/sitedev/index.php?Gon Method
USING WINDOWS 2000 TO RUN JAPANESE WINDOWS PROGRAMS

Gerald

I use Open Office, Math Editor. You can enter text above and below the main character.

To open the math editor: ctrl-M
On the formula line: { {光} csup {ひかり} } csub {light}
The result is a 3 level unit of text:

ひかり
光
light


You can leave any field blank.

When the math editor is active, then you can choose the Font SIZE(s). The text above and below can be sized to a percentage of the main text size.

A hobby of mine is to translate verses and construct interlinear texts.

To work quickly, I make a template with blanks.

{ { } csup { } } csub { }