I'm trying to type Japanese inside my MS Word 2013 documents. However, the Japanese text appeared in a small draggable box, originally on the top left corner of my screen, instead of inline where I'm typing like it should be. I tried doing it on Notepad and it appeared correctly.
Is there a setting in MS Word 2013 / MS Office 2013 that made the Japanese IME behaving this way? And if there is, can I somehow change it back to inline?
AFAIK, there is an option to activate direct input mode in Japanese IME. Here is the steps to do so (using Windows 7 as sample):
a. Using language bar
Click the drop down button on bottom-right corner of language bar while Japanese IME is being active, click "Properties" to add the menu, then click on it when appears.
When dialog box "Properties for Microsoft IME" appears, go to "Editing" tab, then uncheck "Don't use direct input mode" (as shown in supplementary image).
b. Using "Region & Language Options"
Go to Control Panel => Region & Language => Keyboards & Languages tab => click "Change keyboards" button. The "Text Services & Input Languages" dialog box will appear as shown below:
Select "Japanese - Microsoft IME" & click "Properties" button, then "Properties for Microsoft IME" dialog box will appear and follow same procedure above to uncheck "Don't use direct input mode" option.
NB: Don't forget to apply changes using "Apply" then "OK" button and restart all Office applications which exhibit that small input popup box.
Related issue:
Weirdness with Japanese IME and MS Outlook (also apply for other MS Office programs)
