http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~grosenth/c_main.html It uses a somewhat different IME from Microsoft’s, but once you get used to it, it works quite well. Full documentation is included. This means you...

Zuill, you are nothing if not persistent--and you seem to have discovered the keys to the kingdom! What you are doing is entering double-byte characters, one byte at a time. This is a workable,...

Thanks again, Zuill. Yes, that works for me as well. Unfortunately, it only gives me access to 256 of the several thousand characters in the MS Mincho set, and does not include most of the characters...

Thanks, Zuill. I opened the document you attached and, indeed, I can see the katakana. But when I tried what you suggested, I still got ???? instead of Japanese characters. I am running Windows XP...

Thanks, Quin. Yes, I already use the Japanese IME for other things (like Outlook Express and Adobe Photoshop), so I was disappointed when I tried it with Finale and it didn't work (just displayed...