Vista - Typing traditional charecters using Pinyin

Hello, I would like to type traditional Chinese characters (used in Taiwan)
with the Pinyin input system that is available for simplified characters. I
was able to do this on windows XP using the language bar, but am unable to do
this in Vista using the same process.

Any help would be much appreciated!

i use english version of vista home basic and same problem. i want to key in
both simplified and traditional chinese with pinyin.

solution: in control panel > regional and language options > keyboards and
languages, click "change keyboards". In 'installed services', install CH
(chinese PRC) with keyboard and "chinese simplified - microsoft pinyin IME"


so once installed, when you use CH （PRC）as input language, go to tool menu
"options", and in the second tab (MSPY New Experience & Classic input style),
just choose between simplified and traditional chinese 'character set'

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MS SBS 2003 SP2


"Zak" wrote:

> Hello, I would like to type traditional Chinese characters (used in Taiwan)
> with the Pinyin input system that is available for simplified characters. I
> was able to do this on windows XP using the language bar, but am unable to do
> this in Vista using the same process.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated!

thanks for taking the time to reply! I tried this and was able to change it
to traditional in the options menu, but when i type many of the characters
still seam simplified. Strangely enough, I can type words such as Taiwan
using traditional characters if I scroll through the list; however words such
as "xie xie" still show up with a simplified "yen" radical on the left.

"Mentos" wrote:

> i use english version of vista home basic and same problem. i want to key in
> both simplified and traditional chinese with pinyin.
>
> solution: in control panel > regional and language options > keyboards and
> languages, click "change keyboards". In 'installed services', install CH
> (chinese PRC) with keyboard and "chinese simplified - microsoft pinyin IME"
>
>
> so once installed, when you use CH （PRC）as input language, go to tool menu
> "options", and in the second tab (MSPY New Experience & Classic input style),
> just choose between simplified and traditional chinese 'character set'
>
> 　--
> MS SBS 2003 SP2
>
>
> "Zak" wrote:
>
> > Hello, I would like to type traditional Chinese characters (used in Taiwan)
> > with the Pinyin input system that is available for simplified characters. I
> > was able to do this on windows XP using the language bar, but am unable to do
> > this in Vista using the same process.
> >
> > Any help would be much appreciated!

hi zak, i have tested with MS Word 2003 and if i just change the character
set option (from simplified to traditional), then xie xie is correct for both
simplified and tradtional - ie the left hand radical changes accordingly. i
cant make my system produce the wrong result you are receiving.

sorry, i cant offer any more advice other than experimenting with the
language tool options. it must be something there because my vista works just
fine.

PS: my vista patches are up to date. you might want to check yours are
updated as well.

--
MS SBS 2003 SP2


"Zak" wrote:

> thanks for taking the time to reply! I tried this and was able to change it
> to traditional in the options menu, but when i type many of the characters
> still seam simplified. Strangely enough, I can type words such as Taiwan
> using traditional characters if I scroll through the list; however words such
> as "xie xie" still show up with a simplified "yen" radical on the left.
>
> "Mentos" wrote:
>
> > i use english version of vista home basic and same problem. i want to key in
> > both simplified and traditional chinese with pinyin.
> >
> > solution: in control panel > regional and language options > keyboards and
> > languages, click "change keyboards". In 'installed services', install CH
> > (chinese PRC) with keyboard and "chinese simplified - microsoft pinyin IME"
> >
> >
> > so once installed, when you use CH （PRC）as input language, go to tool menu
> > "options", and in the second tab (MSPY New Experience & Classic input style),
> > just choose between simplified and traditional chinese 'character set'
> >
> > 　--
> > MS SBS 2003 SP2
> >
> >
> > "Zak" wrote:
> >
> > > Hello, I would like to type traditional Chinese characters (used in Taiwan)
> > > with the Pinyin input system that is available for simplified characters. I
> > > was able to do this on windows XP using the language bar, but am unable to do
> > > this in Vista using the same process.
> > >
> > > Any help would be much appreciated!