JWM v5.0 features
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The Japanese input system has been completely redesigned to make entry
of Kana and Kanji very much easier, whilst retaining most of the benefits
of the older input system (such as showing English meanings of Kanji in
the Kanji selection area). Characters can be entered by typing romaji,
selecting characters from tables or using any combination of properties
to find Kanji (eg. combinations of radicals, stroke count, grade level,
etc). Color coding is used to distinguish between Jouyou and non-Jouyou
Kanji, and shortcut keys help greatly in streamlining character entry.
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Japanese HTML web pages can be created and edited, and can contain embedded
pictures and sounds (such as spoken dialog, aural quizzes, etc). Teachers
can thus produce any hyperlinked HTML-based multimedia study materials
they wish, whilst allowing all course materials to be made available to
students in electronic form for easy distribution.
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A Grammar Library Builder function has been added. This new function allows you to construct any grammar templates you wish with the HTML web page editor, insert relevant keywords into your page (with the keywords tag), and then add it to the grammar library by moving your page into the "grammar" folder. You can then search the library easily using a grammar keyword search. There are no limits to the number of pages you can add, or the types of material you can include in your pages (eg. pictures, sounds and links can be embedded).
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The 30,000 entry WNN Kana-to-Kanji conversion dictionary is now bundled
with JWM. This extensive dictionary contains a vast range of Kanji and
Kanji compound readings, and can be extended easily by users to include
additional readings.
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The integrated Japanese web browser allows Japanese, English, extended
European characters, Cyrillic and Greek characters to be displayed along
with embedded pictures and sounds. Character styles such as bold, italic,
underline and colored text are fully supported in all character sets.
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The help system is now completely HTML-based, and includes context sensitive
help as well as easy access to the entire user manual from within JWM.
Help system and user manual updates can be installed easily, without updating
the program, and users can customise the help system to their own requirements
(eg. schools can provide their own specific instructions in the help system
to assist their students).
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A new file distribution system has been implemented which allows exactly
the same file (eg. dictionaries, text documents, etc.) to be used on all
platform versions of JWM. Thus, providing online materials to MacOS, Windows
95/NT and Windows 3.1 users is greatly simplified.
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The Kanji information dialog has been updated to show the prime radical
of a character, its Unicode value and additional JWM code information.
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Unicode 2 and EUC coding now are now fully supported by the wordprocessor
(the various JIS formats have been available for some time).
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Icon buttons have been converted to 3D, and use a greyscale color scheme.
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The number of Kanji which use the handwritten style font has been expanded
from 1850 to 1945 (the full Jouyou set).
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JWM can now run at full screen size under Windows 95/NT, no matter how
large the screen is.
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Various other enhancements and minor features.
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