Reconvert Japanese, Traditional Chinese, or Simplified Chinese text

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

To use this feature, you must be using Microsoft IME 98, IME 2000 or later, or another Input Method Editor (IME) that supports the feature.

  1. Place the insertion point at the beginning or in the middle of the characters you want to reconvert, right-click at the beginning or in the middle of the characters, and then click Reconvert on the shortcut menu.

    A list of conversion options is displayed.

  2. Click the option you want.
  3. Press ENTER to confirm the conversion.

Tip

To reconvert multiple phrases, you must select the characters manually.