Adding Traditional Chinese Pinyin Input
Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 10:55 am
Adding Traditional Chinese Pinyin Input
Click on the Windows Start menu button, then click "Control Panel".
Then, in Control Panel find "Clock, Language and Region". or "Region and Language".
Click on "Change keyboards or other input methods."
When "Region and Language" appears:
Click the "Change keyboards..." button. (Don't worry, despite the name of this button your English keyboard will remain available at all times after we're done.)
When "Text Services and Input Languages" appears:
Click on the "Add..." button:
When "Add Input Language" appears:
Scroll down to "Chinese (Taiwan)".
Click on the plus signs next to "Chinese (Taiwan)" and "Keyboard".
Click the checkbox to select "Chinese (Traditional) - New Phonetic". You may also select other input methods if you are familiar with them.
Click the "OK" button here and then click "OK" in Region and Language as well.
The default for this IME is Zhuyin Fuhao, not Hanyu Pinyin. To set this to Pinyin, do the following in "Text Services and Input Languages":
Click once on the name of the "Chinese (Traditional) - New Phonetic" IME to select it, then click on the "Properties" button. (Note: These settings can also be accessed later via the Options menu in the Language Bar.)
In "Microsoft New Phonetic IME 10.x Settings",
Click the "Keyboard" tab
In the pull-down menu under "Choose your preferred keyboard layout", select "HanYu Pinyin"
Click OK, and then click OK in "Text Services..." and click OK again in Region and Languages.
In the Taskbar, in the Language bar at the lower-right of your screen, you will now find a "CH" option for "Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)":
Click on the Windows Start menu button, then click "Control Panel".
Then, in Control Panel find "Clock, Language and Region". or "Region and Language".
Click on "Change keyboards or other input methods."
When "Region and Language" appears:
Click the "Change keyboards..." button. (Don't worry, despite the name of this button your English keyboard will remain available at all times after we're done.)
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Click on the "Add..." button:
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Scroll down to "Chinese (Taiwan)".
Click on the plus signs next to "Chinese (Taiwan)" and "Keyboard".
Click the checkbox to select "Chinese (Traditional) - New Phonetic". You may also select other input methods if you are familiar with them.
Click the "OK" button here and then click "OK" in Region and Language as well.
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Click once on the name of the "Chinese (Traditional) - New Phonetic" IME to select it, then click on the "Properties" button. (Note: These settings can also be accessed later via the Options menu in the Language Bar.)
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Click the "Keyboard" tab
In the pull-down menu under "Choose your preferred keyboard layout", select "HanYu Pinyin"
Click OK, and then click OK in "Text Services..." and click OK again in Region and Languages.
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