Union Way (http://www.unionway.com) provides a relatively good way to read and write Japanese characters on the Web (Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer), on web--based mailers (Netscape Messenger, Hotmail, etc.), and in standard word processing programs (WordPerfect, Microsoft Word) using a Windows platform. (If you use a Mac, I recommend purchasing the Japanese Language Kit (JLK). You can download Union Way for a sixty-day free evaluation (and easily renew indefinitely). I am told that MIE (Internet Explorer) provides a free plugin that perform similar functions, and I plan to look into this option as well, but, since the University currently supports Netscape in its various computer sites, including the Foreign Language Media Center, for now let's focus on Union Way's product.
2. Where it says, "Click list box to select the Try Before You Buy product," check "Asian ProPack 97" and click the "Submit Query" button.
3. You will see a "personal product id" like "10000JI01CEPFN5" (it will start with 10000 followed by several alphanumeric characters). Copy this number down on a piece of paper, making sure you distinguish between "zero" and the letter "O". Then click on the "Click to Display Download Sites" phrase.
4. You will see "Welcome to download UnionWay Asian ProPack 97 (5.6MB)" together with "Download: USA" and "Download: Japan". Click on one of these. If you have a 28.8k bps (28,800 bauds per second) modem connection, your download should take perhaps one hour or more, so do it when you don't need to surf the web for any other purpose. Mealtime might be a good time.
5. You will have to save the file "uwcjkpro.exe" to a directory (such as "Temp"). Once the download is finished, if time allows, you might go back to:
6. This time, you will see, "Welcome to Download UnionWay AsianSuite 97 for 60 Days Free Evaluation". Click on the "Click to Display Download Sites," phrase, and find "Welcome to download UnionWay Japanese True Type Font (19MB)". Click one of the "Download" lines (download time should be faster) and save the file "uwjmg3.exe" in the same directory ("Temp") as the program file.
Now you are ready to install.
7. In Windows, go to the directory where
you have saved the files and double click on - the
uwcjkpro.exe file. Follow the instructions.
There is no need to install the Chinese and Korean
portions of the program if you are never
going to use them.
8. Double click on the green square icon
with the yellow key in it, and type in the
“10000" code that you wrote down before.
You should end up with a bar with several icons on
it. You can open and close the bar by
holding the "Ctrl" key down and pressing the space bar.
9. Close Asian Suite (click on the "X" and then click "OK"), go back to where you loaded the Hoso-Mincho true type font, uwjmg3.exe, and double click on it. Next time you open Asian Suite, the font should be set as the default. (You can check by clicking on the ? icon and checking "Font".)
Goodjob!
It's 15,442kb in size, but the UD download site is faster than going directly to Netscape's corporate site and trying to download ... )
I . Within Netscape, under "View," go to "Encoding."
2. Under "Encoding," select "Japanese (Auto-Detect).”
3. Under "Encoding," next select "Set Default Encoding."
4. Under "Edit," go to "Preferences."
5. Within "Preferences," go to "Appearance"
under which is "Fonts."
6. Under "Fonts," "For the Encoding," choose "Japanese."
7. Under "Japanese," for both "Variable Width Font," and "Fixed Width Font," choose "UWJMG3". For Size, choose 12.
8. Click "OK".
You should be set!
2. Go to "Mail & Groups".
3. Under "Identity," fill in your name and e-mail address (e.g., “totoro@udel.edu”).
4. Under "Mail Server," fill in your user name (e.g., "totoro").
5. Under "Outgoing mail (SMTP) server," put "mail" (same for "Incoming mail").
6. Under "Mail Server Type," check "POP 3"; if you want your messages left on the server so you can read them from another terminal, then leave checked the "Leave messages on server after retrieval" box.
7. Click "OK".
8. Back in Netscape, click on the airmail envelope in the lower right-hand comer to read and write e-mail messages.
Good job! Mail a message in Japanese to
"Imarceau@udel.edu"!