Using Pinyin Annotation in Word

[LaoDing]

Hi.

I want to type pinyin (with tone marks) as annotations to Chinese characters (like in Baidu Fanyi or Google Translate). I'm using either Word (Mac) or Libre- either is fine. I've searched but could not find...

I've added an attachment to show what I mean. The pinyin could be above or below. Thanks!

[Shelley]

I would recommend Pinyinput.

This allows you to type pinyin with tone marks.

 

Have a look here https://www.pinyinput.net/

 

It was written by @imron so support is excellent, it works very well and its free.

[imron]

30 minutes ago, Shelley said:

and its free.

(Not on Mac, sorry)

[Shelley]

Sorry missed the fact it was on Mac, still worth it though, just checked it is only 5 Australian dollars.

[LaoDing]

I just bought it. Thanks a lot for the help Shelley and for building it Imron. My daughter the Chinese whiz (it takes her a month to learn what it takes me a year) will be using it a lot in her presentations.

[imron]

Thanks. Hope you find it useful. Let me know if you have any problems or suggestions. 

[DavyJonesLocker]

You can just use a VBA script to do it. Highlight and press a short cut key . 

Takes some technical know how though. Loads of pinyin scripts on the web 

[imron]

You can, but it only works on a limited set of applications.

 

Pinyinput is a system-level input method and therefore works anywhere you can type text, and requires 0 technical know how. 

 

 

[LaoDing]

Pinyinput is extremely simple to install and works great. The only trouble I add was seeing that I need to select it as an input source in the keyboard dropdown menu (I'm up to six now!). That's for the Mac.

[imron]

Do you have any suggestions for what you'd imagine to be the ideal solution to this problem?

[imron]

See also this and this.  I've not used either, but they came up in a search for keyboard shortcuts to switch input source on macOS.