Using Microsoft's Pinyin IME to type

Simplified and Traditional Characters for Office XP

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Follow these directions in order to get Microsoft Global IME set up on your computer to type in Chinese. These instructions are for computers running Windows 2000 and using Office XP.

1. A new feature of Office XP is the language toolbar.
   It should appear in the upper right corner of your screen.

If you don’t see the language bar, it might be minimized as a blue box in your taskbar.
Click the blue icon and select Show the Language bar.

2. To type in your selected language, click on the current language.
   Choose the language you would like to input in.
   For Simplified characters, select PRC.
   For Traditional characters, select Taiwan.
   

3. The default input method should be Hanyu Pinyin. To check, click on "tools" and select "properties." Then select the tab "keyboard mapping"
   

   If you find that this is not the case, check for the correct IME settings.

4. To use Bopomofo go to correct IME settings

In STEP 2 (keyboard mapping), instead of Hanyu Pinyin, select the sixth option “secondary bopomofo”

5. As you type, the text will automatically convert into characters within the context.
   If needed, while the text is still underlined or highlighted,
   press the right or down arrow to select from homophones.

6. Simplified:
   
   
   Traditional:
   
7. Once the dotted line is gone, that means the character is set. To go back and change the characters highlight the characters and right click on the mouse. Then select “reconvert.” This should give you a list as shown in step 5. Otherwise proceed to the next step.

1. To go back and correct characters, use the Correction feature in the Language bar.
   Place the cursor in front of the character and click the Correction button for a list of homophones as shown above in #5.