(If that icon is not appearing on the Taskbar, select 'Show the Language bar' for quick access.) When 'CH' is selected, if you click the Options icon at the far right, you can click 'Options.' in the menu to adjust this IME's settings. You will now find the Language Bar at the lower-right of your screen, in the Taskbar. Later we'll come back to this same place and look under 'Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)' when we install Hanyu Pinyin for Traditional Chinese and Zhuyin Fuhao for Traditional Chinese. Click the 'OK' button here and then click 'OK' in Region and Language as well.ĭone! MSPY is now ready to use for Simplified character input.You may also select other input methods if you are familiar with them. In Windows 7, it's called 'Chinese (Simplified) - Microsoft Pinyin New Experience Input'. In Vista, click the checkbox next to 'Chinese (Simplified) - Microsoft Pinyin IME'.Click on the plus signs there and at 'Keyboard'.In Windows 7, this says 'Chinese (Simplified, PRC)'. In Vista, scroll down to 'Chinese (PRC)'.When 'Text Services and Input Languages' appears: (Don't worry, despite the name of this button your English keyboard will remain available at all times after we're done.)

Or, double-click here in if you are in the Control Panel's 'Classic View' used by many after they first upgrade from XP to Vista: Then, in Control Panel find ' Clock, Language and Region'.Ĭlick on ' Change keyboards or other input methods.' (See screen shot below.) (A 2010 update to the 'Chinese (Traditional) IME added options for Simplified characters and Unicode there, and I show how to setup one of those input methods on the next page, but that is not a common choice.)Ĭlick on the Windows Start menu button, then click 'Control Panel'. Adding Simplified Chinese Pinyin Inputįor Simplified characters, set up the 'Chinese (Simplified)' 'Microsoft Pinyin IME', also known as 'MSPY'. Pinyinput tone mark IME (see my survey of third-party applications)ġ. Pinyin tone mark macros for Microsoft Word and ExcelĢ. If you only want Pinyin with tone marks, you may be interested in these free downloads:ġ. English User Guide: the Microsoft Pinyin IME Help Files Adjusting the Language Bar and shortcutsĤ. Adding Traditional Chinese Pinyin Inputģ. Adding Simplified Chinese Pinyin Input (this page)Ģ. These versions of Windows include several Pinyin input methods for Simplified and Traditional Chinese characters, including the Microsoft Pinyin (MSPY) IME and the Microsoft New Phonetic IME. This page is for anyone who needs the Pinyin input method to type Chinese characters into Western versions of Windows Vista or Windows 7.

In Western Versions of Microsoft Windows 7 and Vista Simplified AND Traditional Chinese Characters In Windows 7 and Windows Vista A Quick Start Guide to Using Pinyin Input for Windows 7 and Vista Chinese Pinyin Setup - Simplified Characters :: Pinyin Joe

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