You can activate an input language in Windows and use Windows' tools to enter text in any language in any (modern) application that supports Unicode.
Windows has a language tool which displays the currently in use language code (two letters), a picture of a keyboard, a circle with a question bark and a maximize/menu button. 1) Right-click on Language tool > Settings... > General tab > Add... 2) Open "Chinese (Simplified, PRC)". Open "Keyboard" 3) In Win7 at least, there are two Pinyin modes available: - "Chinese (Simplified) - Microsoft Pinyin New Experience Input St", and - "Chinese (Simplified) - Microsoft Pinyin ABC Input Style", you should experiment on which is right for you. Tick to enable the required mode(s), then exit settings. 4) Either select the language mode from the Language tool (by clicking on the language code, then selecting the language), or switch between them with Shift+Left Alt (forward) and Shift+Right Alt (backward). I would recommend maximising the Language bar when you're familiarizing yourself with it's functions. As I have only used the Japanese functions, I don't know much about using it in Chinese apart from that you can enter latin characters in an application, after you have entered a word, you can use space to select which character you want it to be converted to. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "General" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-translate-general/-/aYnXB745_ewJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-translate-general?hl=en.
