Reconvert Japanese, Traditional Chinese, or Simplified Chinese text - Access

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Reconvert Japanese, Traditional Chinese, or Simplified Chinese text

Applies to: Microsoft Office Access 2003, Excel 2003, FrontPage 2003, InfoPath 2003, PowerPoint 2003, Publisher 2003, Word 2003

The feature or some of the options described in this Help topic are only available if support for Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, or Korean is enabled through Microsoft Office Language Settings.

To use this feature, you must be using Microsoft IME 2000 or later, or another Input Method Editor (IME) (IME: A program that enters East Asian text (Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, or Korean) into programs by converting keystrokes into complex East Asian characters. The IME is treated as an alternate type of keyboard layout.) that supports the feature.

Place the insertion point at the beginning or in the middle of the characters you want to reconvert, right-click at the beginning or in the middle of the characters, and then click Reconvert on the shortcut menu (shortcut menu: A menu that shows a list of commands relevant to a particular item. To display a shortcut menu, right-click an item or press SHIFT+F10.).
A list of conversion options is displayed.
Click the option you want.
Press ENTER to confirm the conversion.

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To reconvert multiple phrases, you must select the characters manually.