Convert to Half-width

This section explains how to convert Hiragana and Kanji to half-width Katakana, and full-width Alphanumeric to half-width Alphanumeric characters.

• Select Hiragana and/or Kanji, and press the three times. The string is converted to half-width Katakana.
• Select the Alphanumeric string, and press the while holding down the Shift key. The string is converted to half-width Alphanumeric characters.
• Select the string, and press the to display the candidate list. Select the half-width Katakana or half-width Alphanumeric candidate.
• Select the string, and press the to display the candidate list, then click , or press the , and select Half-width/F8.
• Select the string, and press the F8 key.

Tips

• Pressing the Non-conversion key in succession will toggle between Hiragana, Full-width Katakana, and Half-width Katakana.
  When an Alphanumeric string is selected, hold down the Shift key and press Non-conversion to toggle between half-width and full-width Alphanumeric characters.
• If a half-width Katakana candidate is not displayed on the candidate list, open the Microsoft Natural Input Properties dialog box, and on the Conversion tab, select the Half-width Katakana check box under Include in candidate list:.
• The option of converting to half-width characters by pressing the F8 key is not available on all applications. To use the F8 key to convert to half-width characters, in the Microsoft Easy Input Properties dialog box, on the Keyboard tab, select the Use function keys and F8: Half-width conversion check boxes.
  Pressing the F8 key repeatedly will convert the selected string to Hiragana one character at a time, starting with the last.

• You can also convert to half-width Alphanumeric characters by pressing such keys as F10.
  Pressing the F10 key repeatedly will toggle between all upper case, all lower case, and sentence caps.
  If all capitals are input: MICROSOFT microsoft Microsoft
  If all lower case are input: microsoft MICROSOFT Microsoft