Chinese input windows 2000

Aside: I don't speak all of the languages that I have set up, I just added them while experimenting. Now to test it - open Word, or any word processor, then select Chinese from the language bar. Type some Pinyin and it will translate it. You can change the character it uses if it guesses the wrong one, so for example, if you type 'hao' it produces that character, and will probably take the meaning 'good'.

If you meant something else, press the left arrow key and a list will come up. You can either type a number or click the right one. Here's a screen of it working:. Microsoft Chinese Language Pack has only one Chinese input method, i. Microsoft Pinyin Input Method. You may configure its property as needed.

To configure input method of Chinese:. Once the IME is selected, a floating toolbar should appear on the screen. This page outlines the steps for installing East Asian languages on a computer running Windows Professional so that the user can both read and write in them. For Windows XP, see the page on how to enable East Asian languages on that platform , since the steps are somewhat different. First open the Control Panel dialog box by clicking on the Start button, moving the mouse to Settings and click on Control Panel.

Then double click on Regional Options to open its dialog box. You may need to scroll down to see the language options you want. Next, click on the tab for Input Locales , and then add the language input options you want by clicking on the Change If you have used certain input methods before, you will probably want to choose those if they are available in Microsoft's menus. For traditional and simplified Chinese, there are many choices.

Note that MS-Pinyin98 allows toggling between traditional and simplified Chinese input, and so if you want to be able to write both traditional and simplified characters you may not need to install a traditional Chinese input option in addition.

The next 3 sections illustrate the installation of this input editor. To configure input method of Chinese:.

Once the IME is selected, a floating toolbar should appear on the screen. Windows has an excellent level of built-in Chinese support , Chinese input methods and Chinese fonts are included in its CD-ROM and are easily installed. To read Chinese under English Windows Please note: You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group to complete this procedure.

If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings may also prevent you from completing this procedure. To type Chinese, use the same method as above-mentioned to open Control Panel , double- click Regional Options icon in Control Panel and follow the steps here below:.

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