Traditional Characters in KingSoft Powerword 2007

[ABCinChina]

Before KingSoft Powerword 2007, I was using a 2003 version which could translate traditional characters on-screen. After upgrading to 2007, I have to click on the word and look it up in the dictionary if it is a traditional character. (This is slower, but a lot of compound words are missed this way since I can only look up one word at a time)

Are there any settings that can make it read traditional characters on-screen without having to look them up in the dictionary? Thanks for any replies...

[madizi]

Still no answer. I'm interested too.......

[ABCinChina]

Since my Chinese reading skills are somewhat poor, as a temporary solution I copy the whole paragraph (traditional characters) then paste it to this website to translate it to simplified.

http://www.khngai.com/chinese/tools/convert.php

But this is pretty tedious...

[gato]

If you are reading website, you can try http://www.popjisyo.com/WebHint/Portal_e.aspx

instead.

Or install http://stardict.sourceforge.net/Dictionaries_zh_TW.php

Or go back to PowerWord 2003.

[madizi]

Does this mean that KP 2007 doesn't have a function for reading Traditional characters?

[gato]

Don't know. But what advantage is there to installing Powerword 2007 over 2003-2006?

[ABCinChina]

With KSPW2007, you can read many traditional character since they are the same as the simplified ones. It does this on-screen by pointing out the word. However, if it is a traditional character, you must look it up in the dictionary which is only a click away.

The 2007 version is way better than the 2003 version so there is no way I'm going back. You can add your own words, it has pinyin, pronunciations, and the dictionary is much better.