JWPce is a simple

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that runs on the

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95, ME,

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, XP, NT, and CE platforms. It is designed for non-native speakers of Japanese who want to produce Japanese-language documents. Distributed under the terms of the

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, JWPce is

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Features

The default installation has

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menus. Language packs for other languages are available and JWPce is designed to make adding further language packs straightforward. JWPce offers many facilities that are useful to students of

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such as detailed

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information (using KANJIDIC), a built-in Japanese

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(using

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and similar dictionary files) and various kanji lookup methods. It allows users to translate both to and from

, using either kanji or kana. JWPce can look up kanji by stroke number and by identifying any number of

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s contained within the kanji. Therefore, if you can recognize two or more radicals within the kanji, you can search for all kanji containing all of these radicals. It also contains nine kanji lookup systems. JWPce supports multiple file

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s and also supports

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both in files and on the

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. It does not provide facilities for vertical text, nor does it provide facilities to specify different

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s within a document. However, JWPce does allow the user to customize the fonts used to display text in the various parts of the editor. JWPce can also display kanji in a list you generate in a different

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so that it colors either the kanji that the user does not know or that the user does know. When importing from the clipboard, JWPce can detect the clipboard format automatically. That makes reading

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s much easier. JWPce also has the ability to provide a large amount of information on any kanji character, including meanings,

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, etc. A key feature of JWPce is that it runs smoothly on

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and

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platforms. This allows learners of Japanese to use a PDA as an electronic Japanese dictionary. The version for

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on standard PCs also runs well under

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-like environments. In case of problems with the compiled jwpce.exe, a special download for Wine is also available.

Notes

External links

Jim Breen's list of Japanese software

JWPce - Japanese Text Editor and Dictionary (Download available 2016-05-11)
Free word processors Japanese language learning resources

Features

See also

Notes

External links