Switch between hiragana and katakana in Japanese text

Important

To complete this procedure, you must first turn on Japanese language features. For more information, see Turn on Japanese language features.

  1. Select the text that you want to change to hiragana or katakana.

  2. On the Home tab, under Font, click Change Case Home tab, Font group, Change Case button.

  3. Do one of the following:

    To

    Do this

    Change hiragana to katakana characters

    Click Katakana

    Change katakana to hiragana characters

    Click Hiragana