An auxiliary area helps the user with preediting. Depending on the particular input method, an auxiliary area can be created. The Japanese input method in Figure 1-3 creates the following types of auxiliary areas:
ZENKOUHO
JIS NUMBER
Switching conversion method
SAKIYOMI-REN-BUNSETSU
IKKATSU-REN-BUNSETSU
TAN-BUNSETSU
FUKUGOU-GO