2.4 Type D(Windows XP + Office 2000/XP Users)
Global IME 2002 comes with Windows XP. 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 XP

(1) Click on the Start menu and click on Control Panel.

(2) Click on Date, Time, Language and Regional Options icon.

(3) Click on Regional and Language Options.

(4) Click on Languages (second tab from right).

(5) Click on the check box of "Install files for East Asian languages" in Supplemental language support (second section).

(6) You will be asked to be sure of installing files for East Asian languages. Click on OK. (If you are asked to insert Windows XP CD-ROM, do so and follow the directions.)

(7) You will be asked if you want to restart now. Click on Yes and restart the computer.

(8) Wait until the computer is restarted.

(9) Repeat 1 through 4 to reach Regional and Language Options. Now, "Install files for East Asian languages" is checked.

(10)Click on Advanced (right most tab).

(11) Select Japanese for Language for non-Unicode programs (first section).

(12) The Dialog box (Advanced) pops up. Click on OK.

(13) The Dialog box (Change Regional Options) will ask you to restart your computer. Click on OK and restart the computer.

(14) 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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