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Hi there! I’m having trouble typing Katakana with Google IME. For some reason, I can’t find how to type the – (long katakana vowel). When I type “-” I just find this: ・
I’ve tried another keys but none would work. How do I do the long katakana vowel?
I have Windows 7 and an European keyboard.
Thank you!Hm. According to the internet, Google IME is just “-” which is the same as Windows’ Japanese IME. My only thought might be related to it being a Euro keyboard. Maybe try the Microsoft IME? That’s what I use, and once you get the STUPID keyboard shortcuts figured out it works pretty well. ALT+SHIFT to switch keyboards, ALT+CAPS to change from romaji to hiragana, again to get to katakana, but then CTRL+CAPS to get back to hiragana. Otherwise everything should be the same as Google. Space to scroll through words, enter to input.
I haz a blog http://maninjapanchannel.wordpress.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLQzB-1u-dgHmm. I get the interpunct when I hit the / key, so what happens when you push /?
EN-DASH (–)
Mac: option+hyphen key
Windows: ctrl+minus on numeric keypadEM-DASH (—)
Mac: option+shift+hyphen key
Windows: alt+ctrl+minus on numeric keypad- – — – -
Yeah, they’re not quite the same thing. The “prolonged sound mark” (called 長音符 = ちょうおんぷ in Japanese) is not quite an en- or em-dash. Nor is it a kanji 一.
Though since ロブ brought it up, what happens if you push the minus key on the numpad?
I just use the dash key when typing katakana and it’s the correct size, but I’m on a Mac. I use the EM (—) for romaji though.
Hi! I think I fixed it. It was quite hidden but I found the key. It’s, actually, the minus key, but I have to activate the number pad to use it. It isn’t the – next to the dot, but whatever. Thank you so much for the advise.
Joel, when I push / I get ＆, but now, as Justin suggested, that may be because of my Euro keyboard
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