About creating a Japanese document

To work with Japanese text in documents, make sure you do the following:

• Set up system support for Japanese.
• Enable Japanese for editing in Microsoft Office.
• Obtain a Japanese Input Method Editor (IME) so that you can type Japanese text.

Microsoft Word has built-in features that help you work with Japanese text, such as Furigana/Ruby and vertical text layout (tategaki), as well as the MSMincho font and Arial Unicode MS. For additional functionality, such as additional Japanese fonts, you can purchase Microsoft Office 2003 Proofing Tools.

Learn about other Word features for Japanese.