#MICROSOFT JAPANESE KEYBOARD LAYOUT FOR MAC OS X#

F8 convert to half-width katakana (katakana for specific purpose): ホワイト → ﾎﾜｲﾄ.

F7 convert to full-width katakana (standard katakana): ほわいと → ホワイト.

F6 convert selected word/characters to full-width hiragana (standard hiragana): ホワイト → ほわいと.2 3 4 5 6 convert to the 2nd-6th word in the list.Space convert current word (last characters) to the first word in the list of proposals.↵ Enter no conversion, all previous characters are accepted 'as is' (all propositions from IME are rejected).Alt + ~ (Tilde) toggle kana/direct input.Alt + ` (Grave Accent) switch between kana ↔ half-width alphanumeric (romaji).Shift + Caps Lock switch between full-width Hiragana ↔ full-width alphanumeric (romaji).Alt + Caps Lock if in alphanumeric mode change to Hiragana, then switch to Katakana.

Alt + Shift switch between languages (IMEs).įor non-Japanese keyboards, the following shortcuts can be used for typing Japanese on English keyboard with Windows: The keyboards for NEC PC-9800 series, which was dominant in Japan during the 1980s and early 1990s, have three language input keys: kana, NFER (no transfer, same as nonconversion), XFER (transfer, same as conversion).

#MICROSOFT JAPANESE KEYBOARD LAYOUT FOR MAC OS X#

katakana/hiragana/rōmaji ( カタカナ / ひらがな / ローマ字), on the right of the space bar, next to 変換.Īpple keyboards designed for Mac OS X have two language input keys: alphanumeric ( 英数) and kana ( かな).conversion (henkan 変換), on the right of the space bar.non-conversion (muhenkan 無変換), on the left of the space bar.alphanumeric (eisū 英数), combined with non-language specific key ⇪ Caps Lock.halfwidth/fullwidth/kanji (hankaku/zenkaku/kanji 半角 / 全角 / 漢字) at the top left key of the keyboard.The OADG 109A and older 109 keyboard layouts which are the standard for Microsoft Windows have five dedicated language input keys:

Microsoft japanese keyboard layout