# How can I get my computer to type in Korean?

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**Created:** [February 24, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-my-computer-to-type-in-korean/393517 "2007-02-24T16:24:01Z")\
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I don’t mean all the time. I usually want to type in the roman alphabet. But I’d like to be able to type in Korean, too, occasionally. What’s the best way to do this, short of buying some kind of expensive software? (I have XP and use MS Word.)

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-my-computer-to-type-in-korean/393517/2 "2007-02-24T16:35:30Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Type Hangul  
> Windows XP  
> Windows 95, 98, 2000
> 
> Windows XP  
> Once you have set-up your computer to view Hangul, you need to do one more thing in order to type Hangul. It should take approximately 2 minutes.  
> 1)Go to Start - Control Panel  
> 2)Open Regional And Language Options (May be found inside the Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options tab)  
> 3)Go to the tab at the top that says Languages  
> 4)Make sure the box for Install files for East Asian Languages near the bottom is checked  
> 5)Select ‘Details’ under ‘Text Services and Input Languages’  
> 6)Click ‘Add’ on the right-hand side  
> 7)Select Korean for ‘Input Languages’ and click ‘Ok’  
> 8)Select 'Apply at the bottom, and then click ‘Ok’. You may be asked to restart.
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> Your computer is now set up to type in Korean. In order to actually type Korean, click the little blue button on the taskbar that says EN. Select KO. The options to the right should change. There should be an A. Click that once, and it will change to a Korean character. Type 🙂

From here:

[Type in Korean](http://www.learnkoreanlanguage.com/need-install.html)

It took me 15 seconds to find this with Google. :dubious:

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**Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-my-computer-to-type-in-korean/393517/3 "2007-02-24T16:56:33Z")

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[QUOTE=Mahaloth]  
From here:

[Type in Korean](http://www.learnkoreanlanguage.com/need-install.html)

It took me 15 seconds to find this with Google. :dubious:  
[/QUOTE]  
Well, you don’t have to rub it in. Google doesn’t _like_ me.

Thanks, anyway.

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**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-my-computer-to-type-in-korean/393517/4 "2007-03-19T10:50:56Z")

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[QUOTE=Mahaloth]  
From here:

[Type in Korean](http://www.learnkoreanlanguage.com/need-install.html)

It took me 15 seconds to find this with Google. :dubious:[o put /QUOTE]No good. I bought the computer used, and it wants the original XP installation disk, which I don’t have.

It’s not like MS owns Hangul, though they might think they do.

Could you add a few more seconds to that Google search? Oh, say, five or or 10, so I don’t have to use an installation disk that is long gone or being used as someone’s review mirror decor?