"Throwaway Account" <throwaway.account@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> mr.sumo.snr with a munged address wrote:
>
>> So like - get the English keyboard.  The tiny space bar on a Japanese
>> keyboard does get on your tits when typing English - and at 80% to 20% 
>> the
>> usefulness of the extra keys is negated.
>
> Yes, that is a good point.
>
>> > How do Japanese dialog boxes appear?
>> >

They appear in Japanese if the "Language for non-Unicode programs" selected 
under the Advanced menu tab of the Regional and Language Options is 
Japanese.


>>
>> So now I'm thinking you're talking about Japanese software installed on 
>> an
>> English XPee OS.  Yeah - works fine after a little tweaking in the 
>> Control
>> Panel.  If you're asking about the menus on the Japanese IME - then these
>> will appear in English if the aforementioned tweaking is not enabled -
>> otherwise they appear in Japanese.
>
> See my post on how the dialog boxes appear in Greek (mojibake gibberish)
> when using English OS and Japanese drivers.
>
> Will the print dialog boxes appear correctly using English XP?
>
> I seem to recall that using Japanese language version of software such
> as MS Word, etc. works fine on an English OS system.  I want to
> reconfirm for these printer dialog boxes.
>

As far as printing is concerned any printer manufactered in the last four 
years will come with drivers that appear in the same language as the system 
language.  I've bought 4 Epson inkjet printers in that time and the drivers 
and print dialog boxes all appear in English.  My Epson scanner was a little 
more difficult - it's a Japanese Epson 9700 but I use either a US or UK 
Twain driver which detects it as an Epson 2450 model - which is no problem - 
it still works perfectly.

The one moan I have is the 'print direct to CD' software that ships with the 
Epson printers.  I can get excellent results but can't find an English 
language version of the software at any of the Epson sites - well I did find 
one copy at Epson Russia - but of course it wasn't in English.  Anyway I now 
use Acoustica CD Label Maker which works fine - but I have to know what my 
printer model name is in the US for layout purposes.  IMHO it pays to get a 
top-of-the-line printer - my PM4000X is now over 2 years old and you can 
still buy it new!  That is amazing in Japan.  But it seems that such models 
are more likely to be sold internationally.  But again - it's not a driver 
issue, just a 3rd party software compatibility problem.

BTW do you need to use Japanese MS Word instead of the regular version?  The 
last line of my previous post should answer all your questions.

--
jonathan