What is IME?

[BIG WAVE DAVE]

What is IME? I was working in Word and a IME question popped up and I could
not find an adequate explanation in help for IME, nor could I find a
definition for IME.

 

[Jay Freedman]

What is IME? I was working in Word and a IME question popped up and I
could not find an adequate explanation in help for IME, nor could I
find a definition for IME.

IME is the acronym for "Input Method Editor", which is an interface for
typing in languages that use non-Latin characters (e.g., Chinese, Japanese,
Arabic). Read
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/handson/user/ime_paper.mspx.

If you don't know what it is, you probably don't want to use one...

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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