IME chinese-how to make it work?

[goldie]

i'm not very technical and so far, the only method of inputting hanzi into a word doc for me has been to use MDBG, but i find it quite annoying sometimes, especially as it doesn't always have the zi that i want. so, i downloaded the IME for chinese simplified and traditional and thought i should be able to use it, but i can't figure out how. i open word and select chinese prc or whatever and nothing happens when i type pinyin?

[skylee]

This thread might help -> http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/12-horse-horse-tiger-tiger-slang-and-idioms859

[goldie]

thanks. that does help and i can toggle between the language options now, but for some reason, my chinese option is linked to the microphone and not to the keyboard. so when i type pinyin, it just stays as pinyin...

another thing, when i am in word and try to use the language option, word just decides that it has to close for no reason, EVERY single time. this wasn't happening when i didn't[ have the language options. AIYO!

[kudra]

my chinese option is linked to the microphone and not to the keyboard

sounds like something in the control panels.

Might look around in Settings/Control Panel/Regional and Languages Options

Languages Tab

click Details

look under Chinese (PRC)

or whatever you have. See if there is a microphone and if so, can you turn it off, or possibly add the keyboard.

just a guess

Don't know about the fact that Word always shuts down. Maybe it thinks your keyboard input after you select Chinese is microphone input and freaks out.

[djwebb2004]

I have installed the IME that lets you input Traditional Characters by pinyin, but the input box is tiny (My screen is 1600*1200 resolution), and I could only use it with a magnifying glass. Has anyone found anyway to resize the IME input box itself? I need to see the various character options better...

[goldie]

i'm having no luck using the IME for either of the Chinese options. when i type pinyin, it doesn't provide any link to hanzi options. when i try to select the language as Chinese using the alt-shift button, it immediately says 'word has encountered a problem and has to close'.

i'm just going to stick with MDBG.

[HashiriKata]

Hang on, goldie! Which OS is your machine using? Win 2000? Win XP?

(I recently enabled Chinese for a Win 2000 machine and it gave me a bit of an initial problem because the procedure was slightly different (from Win XP, which I'm used to))

[flameproof]

goldie,

did you install an input method? I think you have to install also pinyin input method. You can get here:

http://qq.bur.st/chinesecomputing.php

bottom of page....

[goldie]

HashiriKata (is that running style?) my nihongo is not great anyways, it's XP that i use, but flameproof- THANKS your're a gem, i've finally solved my problem, your pinyin input thing did the trick

[HashiriKata]

I'm pleased to see that you've solved your inputting problem. You're right, HK is "running style". It sounds actually more stylish than my blunt version: "how to run"

日本語を忘れないように頑張ってね！

[goldie]

HK, domo arigato. gambarimasu! demo, ima Toruku-go o nerabitai node, Nihongo ga dandan wasureteshimaimasu. zannen desukedo ne...

HK-san wa Nihongo, Chugokugo to Eigo yigai, hokana kotoba mo hanasemasuka?

[HashiriKata]

I think you may already know this, goldie: Turkish grammar is quite similar to Japanese, and I hope you'll make great progress in it.

Yes, I speak some others but I think quality, and not quantity, counts

[goldie]

@HK, you're right. it's quality not quantity. 只是問一問而已.

as for Turkish...without the 漢字, i can't learn a language it seems

[johnmck]

I've worked out how to enter chinese characters with the microsoft IME interface but how do I enter pinyin (to be displayed as pinyin)?

[imron]

See here :-)