Johnny20270 Posted July 25, 2014 at 11:33 AM Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 at 11:33 AM Hello all, I can't seem to find the answer to this ... When I use MS Word and Windows 8 I select the language input as MS Pinyin, so if I start typing "wo xihuan ...." I get a popup context box with all the Hanzi suggestions. Now the hanzi suggestions are irrespective of tones so all possible tones are shown, e.g. for wo 我 窝 幄 etc Is there any way to limit this so that if I typed wo3 xi3huan I get the relevant hanzi for that particular tone? I think it would be useful to drill in the tones Thanks all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted July 25, 2014 at 11:41 AM Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 at 11:41 AM Have you actually tried that? It might seem a silly question but if you have tried it and it doesn't work you may need to use a third party input method. I am not familiar with windows 8 so i can't speak from experience. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny20270 Posted July 25, 2014 at 12:55 PM Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 at 12:55 PM hi Shelly. Yes, tried already. thanks for the suggestion anyway I think a 3rd party route may be the way to go. My friend says sogou is pretty decent. However I do find though that if you type the full sentence with MS pinyin it gets it right most times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted July 25, 2014 at 01:11 PM Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 at 01:11 PM I have heard that it is good too, I use the MS input that comes with XP and it allows the use of 1234 to indicate tone and narrows down the choice. Sometimes new op systems seem to take a step backward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny20270 Posted July 28, 2014 at 12:05 PM Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 at 12:05 PM Hi shelley, yes I have looked at all the options, nothing I can see that allows you to select tone. I'll test some 3rd party programs, see if they help. i don't think the Microsoft one is great as it doesn't seem to be too intelligent. Several times it selected a default character 马 instead of 吗 I would have thought it would be smart enough to work out if I was typing a sentence instead of a character for a horse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted July 28, 2014 at 12:33 PM Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 at 12:33 PM Well it sounds like third party is going to be your solution, if you try a few why not do a little review about them here and then you can share your results with the rest of us Thanks for keeping us updated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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