Add greetings, openings, and closings to Japanese letters or memos - Word

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Add greetings, openings, and closings to Japanese letters or memos

Applies to: Microsoft Office Word 2003

The feature described in this Help topic is only available if support for Japanese is enabled through Microsoft Office Language Settings.

Do one of the following:

Show Insert greetings, openings, and closings by using the Japanese Greetings toolbar

The Japanese Greetings toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.) helps you easily enter the set phrases characteristic of seasonal greetings and greetings of personal inquiry.

On the Tools menu, point to Letters and Mailings, and then click Show Japanese Greetings Toolbar.
Do one of the following:
Insert a greeting
1. Click Greeting.
2. In the Greetings for box, select the current month and the greeting you want.
3. In the Salutation and Statement of appreciation boxes, select the items you want.
Insert an opening or closing
1. Click Opening or Closing.
2. In the Insert Opening or Insert Closing box, select the opening or closing you want.
Type the text of your letter.

Show Insert closings automatically as you type

Microsoft Word can automatically insert closing phrases to match the salutation, or to match the memo style.

Show Insert a closing to match the salutation

On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect Options, and then click the AutoFormat As You Type tab.
Under Automatically as you type, select the Insert closing phrase to match Japanese salutation check box.
Click OK.
Type a salutation in the document, and then press ENTER.
On the line following the line where the cursor is placed, a closing is automatically entered. For example, if you enter the salutation , the closing is automatically entered after you press ENTER. The Salutation style is automatically applied to the salutation, and the Closing style is automatically applied to the closing.

Show Insert a memo closing that corresponds to the memo heading

On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect Options, and then click the AutoFormat As You Type tab.
Under Automatically as you type, select the Insert closing phrase to match memo style check box.
Click OK.
Type the memo heading in the document, and then press ENTER.

The memo closing is inserted automatically on the next line. The Salutation style is applied automatically to the memo heading, and the Closing style is applied automatically to the memo closing.