How do I type in Japanese using Microsoft Word?

I'm taking Japanese in school and I need to write an essay anyone know how I can do that using Microsoft Word? A classmate of mine said that he typed in romaji and then it turned into kanji and hiragana.

How do I type in Japanese using Microsoft Word?
You need to enable the Japanese keyboard.





On a Windows computer, first go to Control Panels, then Regional and Language Options.


Click the Languages tab, and click the details button.


Then, press the Add button and add Japanese to your list of keyboards.


After that, hit Language Bar and enable the Language Bar.





After that, you can change between the English keyboard and the Japanese keyboard. But, to type in Japanese, you have to enable the Japanese keyboard, and then click the _A button and change it to ひらがな(hiragana). To switch back, you have to switch it back to 直接入力(chokusetsu nyuuryoku, direct input).
Reply:Here are two very good sites with illustrated instructions for that.





http://www.declan-software.com/japanese_...





http://www.msu.edu/~bellbri2/ime.html