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Important: To complete this procedure, you must first turn on Japanese language features. For more information, see Turn on Japanese language features (U.S. version only).

  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

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