A way to do it without using a Japanese IME is to use the Insert | Symbol
dialog (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm). In a
font that contains these characters (such as Arial Unicode MS), scroll down
to the Hiragana character subset and insert as required. This can be quite
tedious; you may want to assign keyboard shortcuts to the needed characters.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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