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An IME is a Input Method Editor. It allows you to input characters from other languages. Read more here.

Note: Although these instructions are about IME for Microsoft Office, IME can be used without Office.

Windows XP

Click the "Start Menu" and chose the "Control Panel".
Click "Date, Time, Language and Regional Options" icon.
Select "Add other languages"
You should see the "Regional and Language options" dialog box appear. Click the languages TAB from the top.
Click on the "Install files for East Asian Languages" check box. You should also see the "Text services and input languages" dialog box.
In "Text Services and Input Languages" dialog box we need to add the Korean IME and the Korean Keyboard components.
Click the "Add..." button. You should now see the "Add Input Language" dialog box.
Chose "Korean" in the "Input language" dialog box.
While still in the "Add Input Language" dialog box, check the "Keyboard layout/IME" check box and chose "Korean Input System (IME 2002)" in the drop down dialog box.
Click the "OK" button. You should end up with a "Korean" entry under "Installed Services".
Be sure that there is also a keyboard entry under "Korean" and that it is the "Korean Input System (IME 2002)" and NOT just "Korean".
Finally click the "OK" button.
You may be asked to put your Windows XP CD-ROM in the CD drive so that the relevant files can be copied across to your hard drive.
After rebooting you should now see the IME icon in your task bar. Using the Korean IME in Windows XP is exactly the same as with Window 95/98/ME, except that the IME icons in the task bar look a little different.

Choose Start → Settings → Control Panel → Regional Options → General → Language Settings for the System → Korean
Click on the Set Default button.
Under the same General tab → System Locale → Korean
Click on the Apply and OK buttons.
Restart the system.
Choose Start → Settings → Control Panel → Regional Options → Input Locales → Korean
Click on the Set Default button.

Go to the Windows IME page.
Choose the option Microsoft Global IME 5.02 for Korean - With Language Pack.
After installation, if you are asked to "insert a CD", use your Microsoft Office CD.

After installation, go somewhere you can type in Korean. For example: Microsoft Word.
An icon will show up at the bottom right hand corner of your screen.
Click on the icon, and this will pop up
Click on and then the icon will change to
Click on the and this will show up:
Click on the and it should change to like this:
Then all you need to do is type.

Here is the layout of a Korean Keyboard:

Instructions courtesy Steve Tolan, Jr.

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