Program for pinyin input with tone marks

[laohu489]

I want an input method that would allow either me to write in pinyin with the tone marks. Does anyone know of a PC program for this? The only program I know of is Rich's PinYin Font but that is for the Mac. Any other suggestions?

[sevensutton]

I can provide a set of Word macros that will convert pinyin with numbers to unicode pinyin font, and unicode pinyin font to pinyin with numbers.

Send me an email off forum.

rosiera7@yahoo.com

[roddy]

Wenlin will allow you to do this, but it's not cheap. You might also try the Word Macro available here - it takes a few minutes to set up, and it's not instant - you have to type ni3 hao3 and then run the macro to convert it. It works well though, and it's free. I've used it with no problems.

There are some other suggestions on the page I link to.

Roddy

[laohu489]

I have Wenlin but did not realize it could be used that way. I just use it for the dictionary. I will give those macros a try. Thanks for the info.

[Gary Soup]

It's the simplest thing with Wenlin. Just type the number of the tone after the character or syllable and it will place the tone mark.

[hughitt1]

You can go to pinyin.info's pinyin with number ---> pinyin with tonemark conversion tool which is really simple and easy to use.

there is at the moment, as far as i know however no way you can "type" pinyin using a keyboard without using a hexidecimal or ascii code.

[Taibei]

Wenlin will allow you to do this, but it's not cheap.

Wenlin's free demo can handle this. Just open a new window (Ctrl+N) and type away; tone numbers can go just after the vowel or at the end of the syllable. And the demo never expires. Highly recommended.

Of course, the commercial version's much better (I'm a happy user); but like Roddy said, it's not cheap.

[woliveri]

You can also do this with NJStar. First write the sentence, paragraph, or word, then highlight it and under Tools convert Hanzi to Pinyin. It will do it with Characters or without.