2.3 Type C (Windows 2000 + Office 2000/XP Users)
Global IME 2000 comes with Windows 2000. Therefore, you do NOT need to download it or go through the complicating installation procedures.

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1. Set Regional Options for Windows 2000
(1) Click on the Start button and move a pointer over Settings.
(2) Click on Control Panel.
(3) Double click on Regional Options Icon.
(4) Click on General (left most tab) if it is not shown.
(5) Look at the Language Setting for the System (second section). Look for Japanese from the list and click on the check box for Japanese. If you are asked to insert Windows 2000 CD-ROM, do so and follow the directions.
(6) Click on the Apply button at the bottom and a dialog box will ask you to restart the computer. Click on No and close the dialog.
(7) Click on Input Locales. (right most tab).
(8) Click on the Add button in Installed input locales (first section).
(9) You will be asked to select Input locale to be added. Select Japanese from the list and click on OK.
(10) Then make sure Japanese is added to the list in the Input Language section on Input Locales. If you find Japanese there, click on it and then the Set as Default button.
(11) Click on the Apply button at the bottom and a dialog box will ask you to restart the computer. Click on No and close the dialog.
(12) Go back to General (Click on the left most tab).
(13) Click on the Set Default ...button near the bottom, and you will be asked to choose a default language. Select Japanese and click on OK.
(14) Click on the Apply button at the bottom and a dialog box will ask you to restart the computer. Click on Yes (or Restart) and restart the computer.
(15) Look for an EN or JP symbol in the task bar on the desktop. Click on it, and you will find two IME options, EN for English and JP for Japanese. If JP is not checked, click on it and get it checked to change the input mode from English to Japanese.
(You can also switch between EN and JP by pressing the Shift and Alt keys.)

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