NJStar Japanese WP v4.0 for Windows
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Frequently Asked Questions
Cross-Platform questions
- Is there a Windows 3.1x version of NJStar? No.
- Is there a Macintosh version of NJStar? No.
- Is there an Unix version of NJStar? No.
File related functions
Input related functions
Dictionary related function
File Related Functions
Can I read Japanese document file created by applications
on the Apple Macintosh or DOS/V?
Yes. Follow the steps below:
- Save your document under Macintosh, DOS/V or Japanese Windows as "plain
text" (or ASCII).
- Open the file from NJStar, and make sure that Shift-JIS encoding option
is selected. You should be able to read the file correctly.
Can I send E-mail message in Japanese using NJStar?
Yes, provided that your Windows 95 is connected to a network, and that
you can send your message in English.
- If you want to send your NJStar document (i.e., the recepient can read
your NJStar document), go from File menu, and select Send Mail. Your document
will retain all the format information of NJStar.
- If you want to send your NJStar message as a plain text as a body text
rather than sending your document as an attachment (the option above),
you need to have a separate email program where you can paste the text
information from NJStar. To do this, make sure the clipboard stores Japanese
text as New-JIS (7-bit) -- which you can set from Tools menu - Option -
Encoding - Clipboard text.
How can I read the E-mail messages in Japanese
using NJStar?
As NJStar is a word-processor, capable of reading variety of Japanese
JIS files, it is likely that all the Japanese messages you receive can
be read correctly with NJStar provided that "escape sequence"
of the original format is not lost.
If you suspect that this is the cause for corrupted data, then try first
to save the message to a disk within your Email program, then read the
file from NJStar.
A separate program, NJWIN, will, in most case, allows you to read Japanese
messages without using NJStar. (But NJStar is required if you want to type
messages in Japanese.)
Why the Japanese characters are so jagged in my
printout?
You must be using the Shareware version!
Basic version of NJStar comes with higher resolution Japanese fonts. If
you go for Professional version, you will get 2 Japanese Truetype fonts,
which is a must if you want to print smooth text at all sizes.
Input related functions
How can I type Japanese particles, wa (は),
e (へ) and o (を)?
Please remember that Japanese particles use kana characters different
from what they are pronounced. Type how they are written in Japanese, e.g.,
wa = "ha", e = "he", o ="wo".
How can I type rubi (okurigana)?
Editing rubi is possible in NJStar. Follow the steps described
below:
- type the body text first
- create a blank line for rubi
- set the font size small enough to fit rubi for the kanji characters,
e.g., 6 point if your main text uses 12 point
- use tabs to place rubi for each Kanji
Dictionary related function
How can I add / edit / compile my own entries in
the Japanese-English dictionary?
Before editing the dictionary files, please study the document format
of EDICT (see EDICT.DOC).
- Make a copy of the original file before editing.
- Open the dictionary file.
- Add / Delete / Edit the contents of the dictionary file.
- Save any changes that you have made to the file.
- Re-compile the index files (*.DJS) by running the following:
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