PC users

PC Language Help Video (by A. Young)

Visit:  http://www.nihongo-ok.com/
On the left side of your screen, you will see a section in English. Ignore other parts of the screen and follow the directions in English.

Mac users

Mac Language help Video

Notes on e-mail programs and browsers

1. You shouldn't have any problem if you use "Outlook Express," "Entourage ," " Netscape Messenger," "gmail ," etc.
2. You can now read Japanese with Webmail.utexas.edu. Select "Japanese" from the list of languages. If you can't read Japanese, go to "Message Source" and change "Text Encoding" to "ISO-2022-jp")." Watch UT-Mail for more .
3. If you have a "yahoo" address, alway open a new "compose" window and don't use "reply". You might want to get a "yahoo.co.jp" address. Just visit Yahoo Japan.
4. If you use an "AOL" address, instead of going to your regular site, go to: http://www.jp.aol.com/ This is the AOL site in Japanese. Once you get to this site, you just maneuver the way you do in English.
5. If you use "hotmail," go to "Options" and select "Japanese" as one of the Languages.
6. If you are a "Linux" user, you can use the program called "xpdf-japanese."

Notes on PDF file in Japanese

If you are unable to read PDF files in Japanese using Adobe Reader, go to: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/acrrasianfontpack.html  and download free"asianfontpack."

Notes on extra Japanese fonts (Mac)

In "Value Pack" on the "Office X" CD, there is a "Fonts" folder. In it, there are 5 fonts which names we might not be able to read. Just drag them into the "fonts" folder in the Users "Library" folder.

Good luck and e-mail someone in Japanese ^_^

Information prepared by Naoko Suito

last modified: 10/5/09
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