Windows Vista Shortcuts for Japanese IME
					
						General Language and Keyboard Shortcuts
						| 
							
								| Shortcut | Action |  
								| <Left Alt> + <Shift> | Switch input language |  
								| <Control> + <Shift> | Switch keyboard layout |  | 
						
							These can be changed from Control Panel, in Regional and Language Options, Keyboard and Languages tab, "Change keyboards...", Advanced Key Settings tab. Alternatively, right-click the Language Bar and select "Settings...".
						
						Japanese IME Shortcuts (summary)
						| 
							
								| Normal Mode (not in the middle of entering a word/phrase) |  
								| <Control> + <Caps Lock> | Switch to Hiragana input |  
								| <Alt> + <Caps Lock> | Switch to full-width Katakana input |  
								| <Shift> + <Caps Lock> | Toggle half-width alphanumeric (English) input and Hiragana input |  
								| <Alt> + <`> |  
								| <Control> + <Shift> + <Caps Lock> | Toggle kana and romanji input |  
								| <Shift> + <Space> | Enter half-width alphanumeric (English) space |  
								| Conversion Mode (when entering word/phrase via IME) |  
								| <Shift> + <Left> | Use less characters for conversion |  
								| <Shift> + <Right> | Use more characters for conversion |  
								| <F6> | Convert to Hiragana | Each of these will flip through a number of possibilities on each press. |  
								| <F7> | Convert to Katakana |  
								| <F8> | Convert to half-width Katakana |  
								| <F9> | Convert to alphanumeric |  
								| <F10> | Convert to half-width alphanumeric (English) |  | 
						
							These can be changed from the Japanese IME itself, which can be accessed from the Language Bar (right-click and select "Settings...", then select the IME and click "Properties..."). On the Editing tab, there is a drop-down of key templates and the option to edit. The above keys are all for the default key template ("Microsoft IME").
						
 
					
						
							05:39PM on Saturday, 21 July, 2007
						
						
							05:39PM on Saturday, 21 July, 2007
						
						
							Windows Vista Shortcuts for Japanese IME
						
						
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