CJKV Information Processing, 2nd Edition

Word Processors

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NJStar Chinese/Japanese WP—Microsoft Windows

NJStar (南极星/󰙰 nánjíxīng), which began as applications written by Hongbo Ni (

 ní hóngbō), who also went on to found NJStar Soware Corporation, was originally

designed as a Chinese word-processing application, but was modied to handle Japanese

in a dedicated Japanese version.

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is means that there are now Chinese and Japanese

versions of NJStar WP available, called NJStar Chinese WP and NJStar Japanese WP,

respectively. Its interface includes pull-down menus and mouse support, and the ability

to use an English UI. It also supports a rich set of editing functions, to include multiple-

le editing, undo, two-direction fast search, exible search/replace, and extensive block

manipulations. NJStar WP does not require a localized OS because it establishes its own

Chinese or Japanese environment, as appropriate. e latest versions are compatible with

Windows Vista.

e lowest-price version of NJStar WP, which is the Basic, or shareware, version, includes

only bitmapped fonts, but the Pro and Pro Plus versions include TrueType fonts that can

be used for better-quality printing. NJStar Japanese WP includes two TrueType Japanese

fonts in the Pro version, and four in the Pro Plus version. NJStar Chinese WP supports

both Simplied and Traditional Chinese, and is available in a Pro version with