Japanese word processor
Paul Buckley
Thanks.
Akio Tanaka
: Anyone use on on their Mac? Please let me know what is available.
: Thanks.
In the US:
The latest versions of Word Perfect and Nisus support Japanese.
In Japan:
There are localized versions of Word Perfect, Nisus (called Solo Writer),
MacWrite, and ClarisWorks. There are also native Japanese wordprocessors
such as MacWord (not MS Word), EG Word (very popular in Japan), and Waltz
Word.
Akio Tanaka
T. Kelley Boylan
> The latest versions of Word Perfect and Nisus support Japanese.
How does one implement the Japanese functions -- does it require a Kanji
operating system and separate set of fonts? Also, can WP or Nisus be run
under an English Mac OS with just the fonts? And last but not least, what
character set is supported -- Katakana, Hiragana, and/or Kanji?
It's too many questions for just one post, but I'm a curious kinda guy. ;-)
Thanks.
-Kelley-
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Akio Tanaka
System 7.1 plus Japanese Language Kit. Fonts are included in KanjiTalk
and JLK, but additional fonts are apparently bundled with the localized
version of Word Perfect 3(J). All character sets are supported at the
system level as well. Of the word processors that I've mentioned, MacWord
is the only one that supports vertical writing.
T. Kelley Boylan (kel...@bga.com) wrote:
: > In the US:
mark perry
> Anyone use on on their Mac? Please let me know what is available.
> Thanks.
EGWord from ErgoSoft corp (Tokyo & Osaka) is very good. Nisus is said to
be good by folks who use more than English + one other language.
Wordperfect is OK. There are also Japanese versions of virtually all the
US worprosessing software.
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Akio Tanaka
: I found a minor error in the chart you have posted.
: Nisus Writer 4.0 has Equation editor.
: Source: MacUser April issue p32
Yes, the new Nisus Writer 4.0 will have an equation editor;
unfortunately, the Japanese localized version is still an older 3.X
version. But I'm sure Solo Writer 4.0 will be coming out soon, too.
Thank you for the correction.
Donald Reay
does anyone know whether (and if so how) I can get inline input using
MacWrite-IIJ 1.1v2 and the japanese language kit?
I've seen inline input using MacWrite-IIJ 1.1v3 and Kanji Talk v6 and
I notice that inline input is checked in Akio Tanaka's feature comparison
list.
Donald.
Akio Tanaka
(WP=Word Perfect; CW=ClarisWorks-J; MacWord is not MSWord)
Nisus WP3.0 EGWord MacWord WorldWrite* CW2.0* MacWriteII*
Inline
Input Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Vertical
Writing No No Yes Yes Yes No No
PowerMac
Native Soon Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Macro Yes Yes No No No Yes No
Apple
Script Soon Yes Yes Yes No No No
Drag&
Drop Yes Yes No Yes No No No
Foot
Notes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
GlossaryYes Yes Yes No No No No
EquationNo Yes No No No No No
Graph No No No Yes No Yes No
Multi-
Lingual Yes Yes No No No No No
Bundled
FEP* WX II ATOK8 EGBrdg MacVJE None None None
*Only applies to localized versions
If there are any errors in the chart above, please post.
Akio Tanaka (ak...@unixg.ubc.ca) wrote:
: All the programs that I mentioned require either (1) KanjiTalk7.1 or (2)
: System 7.1 plus Japanese Language Kit. Fonts are included in KanjiTalk
: and JLK, but additional fonts are apparently bundled with the localized
: version of Word Perfect 3(J). All character sets are supported at the
: system level as well. Of the word processors that I've mentioned, MacWord
: is the only one that supports vertical writing.
Correction: EG Word also supports vertical writing, but not vertical
inline input.
Marisa Hawkins
you want to use the english-language version of system 7.1, buy apple's
japanese language kit (about $200). it provides several fonts, an input
method and the necessary extensions to handle japanese. you need more than
just fonts because there are many more kanji than roman letters. the
JLK provides everything you need for katakana, hiragana and kanji. the
quality of screen and printer output is quite high as well.
be aware that current versions of the JLK are not compatible with
system 7.5. apple has said that an upgrade will be available though no
date has been publicly set.
also be aware that the jlk requires programs that are worldscript-
savvy to work well. nisus and wp are two such programs. nothing by
microsoft will work well with the JLK because microsoft has chosen not
to support the jlk's underlying worldscript technology. programs that are
not worldscript-savvy may allow japanese input, but editing, formatting
and printing can be a nightmare.
good luck!
glenn d. tiffert
(haw...@husc.harvard.edu)
m0oi...@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
Thank you for the very useful info. about Japanese Word Processor apps. I think
you are nice & kind guy. Though I am not the first-questioner of this topic, I
benefitted a lot.
Nisus Writer 4.0 has Equation editor.
Source: MacUser April issue p32
Please post this kind of info. from time to time. Thank you very much.
Mitsuhiro Oikawa
Chemistry Dept. m0oi...@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
Univ. of Louisville hiro1%xr...@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
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