微軟視窗7家用進階版作業系統: 用拼音或IME手寫板輸入中文(繁體)字 / Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition: How to input Chinese using Pinyin, or the IME Hand-writing Pad

我自從在電腦安裝了微軟視窗7家用進階版作業系統 (Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition Operating System) 之後, 以為是要多化錢買Professional Edition專業版 或 旗艦版 Ultimate Edition 才可以輸入中文。可幸在網上看到了YouTube user Caiscompuer 的提示,轉憂為喜,學識了怎樣用拼音或IME手寫板輸入中文(繁體)字。為了大家方便,我在此將安裝方法寫下,与各位分享。(註: 如果您想知道怎樣安裝微軟視窗作業系統XP的繁体中文輸入法手寫字盤,請參考下面的相關鏈接。)

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition Operating System: How to input Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) using Pinyin, or the IME Hand-writing Pad

Step 1: Go to CONTROL PANEL, select REGION AND LANGUAGE, select KEYBOARDS AND LANGUAGES, select CHANGE KEYBOARDS. You now have the menu TEXT SERVICES AND INPUT LANGUAGES.

Step 2: Choose GENERAL. Your DEFAULT INPUT LANGUAGE is listed, e.g. ENGLISH (CANADA) - US. Now, under INSTALLED SERVICES, click ADD. The ADD INPUT LANGUAGE menu pops up. From the check-box, select CHINESE (TRADITIONAL, TAIWAN), click the +KEYBOARD sign below it, select CHINESE (TRADITIONAL) - NEW PHONETIC or whatever your preferred input language, click OK on the top-right, you are back to the GENERAL tab of the TEXT SERVICES AND INPUT LANGUAGES menu.

Step 3: Under INSTALLED SERVICES, the box should now show an added language: CH CHINESE (TRADITIONAL, TAIWAN)/KEYBOARD/CHINESE (TRADITIONAL) - NEW PHONETIC. Click on NEW PHONETIC, then click PROPERTIES on the right side of the box. The MICROSOFT NEW PHONETIC IME 10.1 SETTINGS menu pops up. Click the KEYBOARD tab, and choose HANYU PINYIN as your preferred keyboard layout. Click OK at the bottom. You are back to the TEXT SERVICES AND INPUT LANGUAGES/GENERAL menu. Click OK again and again till you return to REGION AND LANGUAGE/KEYBOARDS AND LANGUAGES and eventually back to the CONTROL PANEL.

Step 4: You are now done with installation. Let's see how everything works. Open up a software (e.g. Microsoft Word) where you need to input Chinese. On the task bar (usually at the bottom of the screen), click the LANGUAGE BAR. You should see two input languages popped up for your selection: EN ENGLISH (CANADA) and also CH CHINESE (TRADITIONAL, TAIWAN). Click on the latter and a new LANGUAGE BAR shows up. Click on CHINESE (TRADITIONAL) -US KEYBOARD, then choose CHINESE (TRADITIONAL) - NEW PHONETIC. Now, bring the cursor to where you need to input Chinese and start typing pinyin with the keyboard. But if you want to input Chinese by hand-writing, click on TOOL MENU, then click on IME PAD. The pad pops up and you can start inputting/writing Chinese with the mouse !!!

Voila!!!

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Links to other related lotusandcedar blog articles:

* 微軟視窗作業系統XP的中文輸入法 ∕ Microsoft Windows XP's Input Method Editor IME for Chinese (Oct 28, 2009)
http://lotusandcedar.blogspot.com/2009/10/xp-microsoft-windows-xps-input-method.html

* 微軟視窗作業系統XP的繁体中文輸入法手寫字盤 ∕ Microsoft Windows XP's Input Method Editor IME Hand writing Pad for traditional Chinese (Oct 3, 2008)
http://lotusandcedar.blogspot.com/2008/10/xp-microsoft-windows-xps-input-method.html

Alternate Options:* Here is an alternate software (free) suggested by a friend from China:
正宗笔画输入法 (诺基亚笔画输入法电脑版) http://www.tt001.com/?source=g (Note: I have no experience with this software. Download and use at your own risk. I am sure there are also other options on the Internet, or from commercial suppliers).

References:
* YouTube user Caiscompuer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APVC-U9E6_Y&NR=1