How to use a "ことえり," a JPN word processor

1. Open Microsoft word.
2. Go to the top right hand corner and select "KOTOERI" Change English to/from Japanese, depending on your necessity.
3. Begin typing in "Romanization."

A. Characters

1. Roman characters --Look at the hiragana and/or katakana chart if you have trouble in typing.
2. Type a word ("sensei") correctly, hit a space bar if you want a kanji (if a correct kanji doesn't appear, hit the bar again and select a right one), hit "return," and go on. You should hit the "return" key often after you type a word, a particle, a conjunction, etc. When you write a long (complete) sentence and hit the space bar, you will possibly get a funny sentence mixed in incorrect kanji and hiragana. When you see an "underline," you should hit the "return" key to go on.
3. When you want to use Katakana, (1) hit the "caps lock key" and type, or (2) type hiragana and then hit the space bar--if the word is a commonly used one such as "miruku," it is changed automatically.

B. typing tips

を　→　wo 　　　お→ 　o　　　わ　→　wa　　　は　→ 　ha （wa） 　　へ　→ 　he （e）

フィ、フィ　→　fi, fa　　　ディ　→　de+x+i 　　　デュ　→de+x+yu

ヴァ、ヴィ　→ va, vi

しょ、じょ　→　sho, jo

しょう、じょう　→　sho+u, jo+u だろう　→　daro+u　　こう　→ 　ko+u

じ　ジ　→　ji 　　　　ず　ズ　→ zu　 　　　　ぢ　ヂ　→　di　 　　　　づ　ヅ　→　du　　　

ん、ン　→　n + n

small「っ」「ッ」→ Type a consonant character such as X,T, K twice (xx,tt, kk). 　

small「ィ」「ェ」　→ Hit "Caps lock key" and type x + i, e, yu, or whatever you need."

「、」　→　 comma key

「。」　→　period key

quotation「　　」　→　［　　　　］keys

C. typing tips #2: in your microsoft word, use "symbole" and "format" when the above things do not work in your Microsoft Word.

title of a movie, a book, etc. 『　』　→　open "symbol" under "Insert"　

「・」　→　open "symbol" under "Insert"　

Rubi (writing hiragana of how to read above a Kanji)　 →　 open "phonetic guide" under "Format"

Words used in JPN e-mail
*Web mail doesn't allow us to read (& write) Japanese words correctly; however, if you write in JPN using Microsoft Word and attach it to your e-mail, it may work.

新規登録（しんきとうろく）→new account

迷惑（めいわく）メール→"junk" mails

送信（そうしん）済（ず）み→messages already sent

下書（したが）き→draft

ごみ箱（ばこ） →trash

削除（さくじょ）→delete

フォルダの作成（さくせい）→new folder

フォルダの整理（せいり） → edit the folders

ホーム→home

受信（じゅしん）トレイ→received messages

新規（しんき）作成（さくせい）→ new message

アドレス帳（ちょう）→ address

オプション→ option

ヘルプ→help

宛先（あてさき）→　send to

件名（けんめい）→　subject

添付（てんぷ）ファイル→attachment file　

添付ファイルの追加（ついか）または編集（へんしゅう）→ addition or edit of attachment

ツール→　tool

送信（そうしん）済（ず）み→messages already sent

フォルダにメッセージをコピー→save the message in the folder

送信（そうしん）→　send

下書（したが） きの保存（ほぞん）→save the draft

キャンセル→　cancel

クイックアドレスリスト→　quick address list

すべて表示（ひょうじ）→　show all of them

リストを編集（へんしゅう）→　edit the list of addresses