Press the left arrow on the keyboard once. As shown below, the composition string now contains two characters. Note that the reading window shows up when "H" is typed and disappears when "3" is typed. Now type "H", "A", "O", "3" to enter another character. The composition string is underlined in the display. This new window is called the composition window, and the string in it is called the composition string. This character is not part of Notepad, rather it is displayed in another window on top of Notepad and hides the existing characters in Notepad that are beneath. A character is displayed on top of the Notepad cursor. The reading window disappears because you have entered a complete pronunciation. Because N+I+3 is a complete pronunciation in Simplified Chinese Pinyin, the IME has enough information to anticipate the character that the user may have intended to enter. Currently, the reading string is "ni" as a result of typing "N" and "I". The small horizontal rectangle is the reading window, which displays the current reading string. The following figure shows the appearance of the display. Press HOME on the keyboard so that the cursor is at the beginning of the line. The indicator display changes to CH to reflect that the new input language is Chinese (PRC). With Notepad as the active application, click the input locale indicator and select Chinese (PRC). These characters will help you visualize the IME window better later. Launch Notepad (available from the Start button, then select All Programs and Accessories).
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This section describes how to use the Simplified Chinese IME (PinYin) with Microsoft Notepad to enter a few Chinese characters. The existence of the indicator signifies that more than one input language has been installed on the system.
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The Windows taskbar should now contain an input locale indicator circled in red. In the Text Services and Input Languages window, the Installed services list box should now contain the four newly-added IMEs.Ĭlick OK to close the Text Services and Input Languages window.Ĭlick OK to close the Regional and Language Options control panel. 8.1 for keyboard layout/IME, then click OK.Ĭlick Add again, select Korean for input language and Korean Input System (IME 2002) for keyboard layout/IME, then click OK. Now you can add additional languages and IMEs in a similar fashion.Ĭlick Add again, select Chinese (PRC) for input language and Chinese (Simplified) - Microsoft Pinyin IME 3.0 for keyboard layout/IME, then click OK.Ĭlick Add again, select Japanese for input language and Microsoft IME Standard 2002 ver. Select Chinese (Taiwan) for input language and Microsoft New Phonetic IME 2002a for keyboard layout/IME.Ĭlick OK. The Text Services and Input Languages window appears. Microsoft Windows installs the necessary files and prompts for you to restart the computer.Īfter restarting, open the Regional and Language Options control panel once again. Insert a Windows XP compact disk or browse to the appropriate network location, and click OK.
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On the Languages tab, select the Install files for East Asian languages checkbox.Īn Install Supplemental Language Support dialog box appears informing you of the storage requirements for the language files.Īnother dialog box appears requesting a Windows XP installation disk or network share location where the language support files are located. To install, complete the following steps.įrom the Control Panel, open Regional and Language Options. To implement Input Method Editor (IME) functionality in an application, see Using an Input Method Editor in a Game.Īn IME is not installed on Microsoft Windows XP systems by default. Features unique to each language are discussed. The following sections describe how to install and use Input Method Editors (IMEs) to enter complex characters in four different East Asian languages. This article offers a tutorial for how to install and use the standard Windows Input Method Editor (IME).