How to type Japanese and Chinese characters...?

See, I wanna type Japanese and Chinese characters with my keyboard to my browser or MS word, but how did I do that?

I need some detailed answer.
And if you ask me to download language pack from Microsoft official site, I'll never be able to do that.

In the Regional and Language settings in the Control Panel, you can download the fonts or something there.
Haven't tried it but maybe......?

I actually have this same problem (characters display as ?'s or []'s). Going to Regional Langauge Settings from the Control Panel only works if you have the CD with which you installed the operating system, and Microsoft's official website is about as useful as scolding your computer and hitting it with a rolled up newspaper. So I'm at a loss here as well.

hmm i don't have this problem, though when i use jap or others i get them, though other people see them as []'s, well only people on laptops from what i have seen, are you using a laptop?

"start allprograms accessories character map"

contains a few

You could use this.

http://babelfish.altavista.com/

As you can see, that's not exactly the problem, though I suppose I shouldn't conceitedly assume that jap-oh-911 and I are in the exact same situation.

As you can see, that's not exactly the problem.

Spoiler for Step 1:

Move to Japan (or China).

Spoiler for Step 2:

Spoiler for Step 3:

Profit!

WTH is step 2?

??????????

it looks like you dont have japanese and chinese character packs installed.

heres some info on how to do this for firefox:
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum119/177.htm

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=24a66277-cd9f-4332-a6f1-52b85a6470bd&displaylang=en

may also help

Spoiler for:

1 us3 1LL364L C0PY of Windows

I've downloaded the plug in but it says:
The latest version of this plug-in is already installed.
And BTW, my browser can ENCODE the characters. They showed it well. But...
...I cannot seem to type any Asian characters except by copy paste-ing them.

go into the Reginal and Language area of the control pannel
 look for a tab called Languages and make sure Install files for East Asian Language is checked
In that same tab is a button for Text services and input Languages
go in there and select the languages that you want to type in


This may or may not work thou...

Doesn't work. =(

You also had to add the Language bar
There is a button at the very bottom of the text services and input languages window for the Language bar
 also has to install the services for Japanese and whatever language she wants to type in
you sould use the language bar to flip between input languages
Leave the keyboard setting the way it is though


If It doesn't work now, I failed and have to degree myself as Human Failure. D=

The Japanese is not even in the list of the scrolldown menu! =O

Then you haven't installed the language packs from the Windows CD then >__> But I don't think that's the case here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=803a623e-c311-4591-a593-b0e24a6f38e8&DisplayLang=en
hopefully, that will solve the problem

let me know later today if you need more help, although I don't think I can be of more help then this.

;___;

Okay, I'll try them out.

EDIT: My OS is Wondows XP. =O

Wondows XP?

Ok, if it doesn't work, I'd see what I can do tomorrow =X What other solutions I can find.

But at the Moment Me tired and heads to sleep.

Yea. Sorry for making you so confused and busy, DAS. =O

=3 no worries, so did it work?

Okay, I'll try them out.

EDIT: My OS is Wondows XP. =O

Lol "Wondows" ~

LOL.

DAS, it won't work. =O

PLZ SOMEONE HELP MEEEE