General Language and Keyboard Shortcuts
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Shortcut
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Action
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<Left Alt> + <Shift>
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Switch input language
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<Control> + <Shift>
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Switch keyboard layout
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These can be changed from Control Panel, in Regional and Language Options, Keyboard and Languages tab, Change keyboards..., Advanced Key Settings tab. Alternatively, right-click the Language Bar and select Settings....
Japanese IME Shortcuts (summary)
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Normal Mode (not in the middle of entering a word/phrase)
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<Control> + <Caps Lock>
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Switch to Hiragana input
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<Alt> + <Caps Lock>
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Switch to full-width Katakana input
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<Shift> + <Caps Lock>
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Toggle half-width alphanumeric (English) input and Hiragana input
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<Alt> + <`>
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<Control> + <Shift> + <Caps Lock>
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Toggle kana and romanji input
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<Shift> + <Space>
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Enter half-width alphanumeric (English) space
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Conversion Mode (when entering word/phrase via IME)
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<Shift> + <Left>
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Use less characters for conversion
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<Shift> + <Right>
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Use more characters for conversion
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<F6>
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Convert to Hiragana
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Each of these will flip through a number of possibilities on each press.
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<F7>
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Convert to Katakana
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<F8>
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Convert to half-width Katakana
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<F9>
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Convert to alphanumeric
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<F10>
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Convert to half-width alphanumeric (English)
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These can be changed from the Japanese IME itself, which can be accessed from the Language Bar (right-click and select Settings..., then select the IME and click Properties...). On the Editing tab, there is a drop-down of key templates and the option to edit. The above keys are all for the default key template (Microsoft IME).
