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This page is for anyone who needs the Pinyin input method to type Chinese characters.
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You can click the Add button again to select more input methods. I suggest you
experiment with the "Microsoft Pinyin IME 3.0" (MSPY).
Microsoft includes a user manual for the MSPY input method, in the help file
available by clicking on the "?" in the full Language bar when the input method is
selected. The English is a bit off, and there is at least one feature described that
doesn't actually work for most people, but overall it's a useful guide.
The MSPY method offers some options, including "full Pinyin" (full sentence input)
and "double Pinyin" (abbreviated input), fuzzy lookup and more. You can explore
these via the "Properties" button in the Text Services and Input
Languages window. (We DO NOT recommend you to use "double Pinyin")
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Some people frequently hit a certain key combination by accident and find
themselves typing in another language. Those folks prefer to use the Language
Bar. Others can't stand having the Language Bar in the way and find it too slow,
preferring to memorize shortcuts.
Personally I turned off all the Keyboard shortcuts, as you can see in the list here,
by clicking on "Key Settings" button, and then the "Change Key Sequence" button
in the following dialog box...
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(Also, if you're working only in text and not using a microphone or any of the speech tools, you
can remove those icons from your Taskbar. (The Language goes to the Taskbar at the bottom of
your Windows desktop when minimized). Just click on the "Language Settings" button, and in
the next dialog box, uncheck "Show additional Language bar icons in the task bar".)
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Then your Taskbar can look nice and clean like this:
To switch languages, just left-click and select. When you need all the language
tools and options, just click on that button again and select "Additional icons in
the task bar" or "Show the Language bar".
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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:
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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. (If that icon is not appearing
on the Taskbar, select "Show the Language bar" for quick access.)
If you install the MSPY 2010 update, this is what your keyboard options will look
like in XP, Vista or Windows 7:
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2. On the Control Panel, under "Clock, Language and Region" select "Add
a language":
If you are using a tablet and find this difficult, it does get easier in the next panel.
But if you have already completed Windows 8 setup on another PC or tablet, you
can sync language preferences to your new device. Here's the official Microsoft
page on syncing Windows 8 settings.
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3. The Language panel is more finger-friendly in Windows 8, but there are still a
few text links to poke at when adjusting various options. When the panel opens
for the first time, you'll probably see only one language.
Select "Add a language" (yes, again) to go to the next step:
4. This is where setup gets truly different from older versions of Windows: big
square buttons to tap on, instead of long lists of little checkboxes. Scroll down to
the Chinese IMEs, then double-click or tap "Chinese (Simplified)" and/or "Chinese
(Traditional)".
Chinese (Simplified) and Chinese (Traditional) have lines on their right, to indicate
you have multiple choices inside. And indeed, you can select more than one
"regional variant".
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Tips: The usual language-switching hotkeys like <Alt>+<Shift> also work, and
Windows 8 adds a new hotkey that pops up this menu higher on your screen:
<Windows>+<Shift>
(Hitting the <Windows> key alone will take you back to the Start screen. Hit it
again to go back to the Desktop.)
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5. After youve added your preferred method(s), you will see your preferred input
methods in the list on the left.
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7. Make sure Show Input menu in menu bar is checked (near the bottom of the
window) so you can see which input method is currently selected by looking at
the menu bar.
8. Switching between input methods
Tapping on said menu bar item will reveal the input menu. You can switch back
and forth between input methods by selecting the method of choice here.
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From this point on, you can type control-space to toggle between input methods.
You can also hold the control key down and tap space (without letting go of the
control key!) to reveal a handle input selector.
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Note: on Mac OS X Yosemite, the input selector will only appear when using the Select the
previous input source option and does not appear for the Select next input source option.
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