I just figured out how to do this, so forgive me. I'm sure non-english speaking residents are familiar with this, but US-citizens especially probably have no clue this is even possible. Okay, ready people?
すごい！俺わ日本語ことができます。すばらしい！米の際、感じ輪できません。。。Seriously, I can't read kanji, so some of my hiragana might have been mistranslated... =（
Click on the "Add..." Button and install the Input Language, and preferably check the "Keyboard Layout / IME" box if it is available and pick the letter system you'll be using. Hit "OK"
すごい！俺わ日本語ことができます。すばらしい！米の際、感じ輪できません。。。Seriously, I can't read kanji, so some of my hiragana might have been mistranslated... =（
OOH OOH! I CAN DO THIS TOO!
拼音我你 I think these are right... Pinyin, Wo (which means I) and Ni (which means you)... But I'm not sure... I'm currently trying to learn to speak Mandarin Chinese and read kanji - although reading Kanji is difficult as hell, as I told you already.
Hm... though... Typing korean characters are indeed Korean... It's Hangul... But they don't stack properly =( Can someone figure out why for me?
Example: "ㄴㅁㄱ뭏ㅗㅁㄷ" "ㅗ무혛대" "ㅜㅕㅜ"
Should be: "사랑해" "한국어" "눈"
=/ it's vexing and upsetting that my own language seems wrong... I can't tell with the kanji characters though for Chinese and Japanese... Sorry xp
How it works (For those who, like me, didn't know about this):
Well, I run Windows 7, but I feel like typing nice little guides for everybody.
1) Go to System Preferences in the Apple Menu
2) Click the blue flag icon "Language and Text" (older OSX versions go to "International")
3) Click Input Sources Tab (older OSX versions go to "Input Menu" Tab)
4) Check the languages you want and check the alphabets you'll need.
5) Check "Show input menu in menu bar" at the bottom of the preferences pane
You can now hit the flag icon on your menu bar and change from U.S. to whatever languages you selected and can type in those languages.
Windows XP
1) Open Control Panel in the Start Menu
2) Switch to Category View
3) Click "Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options" under "Pick a Category"
4) Under the heading "or Pick a Control Panel icon" click "Regional and Language Options"
5) In the "Regional and Language Options" box, click the "Languages" tab
6) Install the files under Supplemental language support. I'm born and using East Asian alphabets
7) After installation, click on "Details..." in "Text services and input languages" and the "Text Services and Input Languages" box will pop up
Click on the "Add..." Button and install the Input Language, and preferably check the "Keyboard Layout / IME" box if it is available and pick the letter system you'll be using. Hit "OK"9) In "Text Services and Input Languages", hit "Apply" and "OK"
10) The language bar should now be available in the taskbar. It should say "EN: English (United States) for US citizens. Feel free to click that and select "Show the Language bar".
You can now toggle on and off the alphabets and languages you want right from your language bar. Enjoy!
Phew, that one's long. >< Windows 7 and Vista has it easy.
Okay, so if this worked for you, cool. Can't promise it will, but I tried. >< Also, um, since I use a qwerty keyboard, it reads in pronunciation. For instance, Japanese is typed as romaji and is converted to Hiragana, Korean in hangeul, and Chinese in pinyin before converted to Kanji.
