NJStar Communicator
HOWTO: config NJStar Communicator to use "-" and "=" as input list scroll keys
By default, we use "<" and ">" to scroll input list. Microsoft Windows IME normally use "-" and "=" as scroll keys.
To change NJStar IME to use "-" and "=" as scroll keys, open "Options..." (keyboard shortcut: Alt+9) to tick the box "Use '-' and '=' as input list scroll keys".
HOWTO: convert CJK files to Unicode to allow Microsoft Word to open
You can use NJStar Communicator's powerfule Universal Code Convertor to do this. Here is how:
- Open Universal Code Convert to convert one or mutiple CJK files to Unicode format. You will see a newly created directory called "CONV-UCS" that contains all the converted Unicode files.
- Then open the converted files from "CONV-UCS" with Unicode program such as Microsoft Word.
I am using NJStar Communicator with IE5,6,7, but I still have trouble reading CJK web sites.
If you are using IE5, IE6 or IE7, try setting IE's menu "View" - "encoding" to Chinese, Japanese, Korean code or Unicode UTF8 depending on the web page encoding you are viewing.
HOWTO: display Chinese/Japanese/Korean language in Java
Java uses "Unicode Hex Code" only. So, if you want to display CJK languages in Java program, please make sure that you convert your language code to "Unicode Hex Code" with NJStar "Universal Code Convertor", which is bundled with NJStar Communicator.
I have difficulty finding some rare Chinese characters, can I create a new character?
- If you have not tried "Radical Lookup", please give it a try to see if you can find the character you look for by selecting the "Radicals" in it;
- If you know the "Unicode" encoding number, you can use "Unicode" input method, which allows you to type ALL legal Chinese characters into MS Word 97, Word 2000 or Word 2003;
You can view or download the Unicode 5.0 Chinese character list (in PDF file):
I have problem with displaying German Umlaute with CJK characters, why?
As far as Double Bytes CJK encodings are concerned, German "Umlaute" Ä (ae), Ö (oe), Ü (ue)are part of Asian characters as well. Therefore NJStar Communicator can not tell them apart. To have Umlaute displayed correctly, you need to temporarily switch NJStar Communicator viewer to "Ascii/No CJK Support".
There will be no prblem if the application uses Unicode instead of DBCS.
HOWTO: convert DBCS filename to Unicode filename
I used NJStar Communicator 2.0-3 on Windows 9x/ME and created some CJK file names, now I upgraded to 2.5 but can not read those file names.
When used on WIndows 9x/ME, NJStar Communicator 2.0 to 2.30 created file name in double bytes, this is not standard and can only be viewed using v2.0-3. In order to make CJK file name to standard Unicode, v2.5 has changed to created file name in Unicode, so the file can be opened in other windows. Here are how you can convert a double byte file name to Unicode:
My Chinese Windows ME/98 menu become corrupted when I read Japanese/Korean.
Please check "Preserve CJK Window Text" box inside the "Options..." settings.
My computer does not allow me to type Chinese, it only input English letters.
NJStar needs to intercept, or hook the keyboard in order to input Chinese via pinyin or other IME, but it can't intercept keyboard on your computer. There are two posibilities:
NJStar CJK IME can not input into Internet Explorer
If this happens on Windows Vista, then you need to upgrade NJStar Communicator to v2.71 or above.
On other windows, it seems NJStar Communicator IME can not hook the keyboard in order to input to IE. There are two possibilities:
1. Your anti-virus or anti-spyware program prevent njstar from hooking keyboad. In this case you need to disable the function such as 'key-logger guard'. You can test it by temporarily disable anti-virus and anti-spyware program.
