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How To Write Chinese Text In Windows Vista

Copyright © Walker 06 Jul 2007 00:42
Do you need NJ Star or Chinese Star for Window Vista?

No! Unless for advanced features, I don’t think you need to install Chinese Star, NJStar, etc. Windows Vista Global IME support comes with additional language inputs to allow users writing in multiple languages, such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Spanish, Arabic, etc!
In fact, I’ve been using the Windows additional language input since Windows 95 to Windows 2000, Windows XP, and now Windows Vista, to write Chinese characters and text!
How to install Windows Vista additional language input (IME) to write Chinese characters?
  1. Click the Vista Orb, type regional in Start Search text-box and click the “Regional and Language Options” in the Program list,
     
  2. Click on the “Keyboards And Languages” tab followed by clicking the Change Keyboard button,
     
  3. In the “Text Services And Input Languages” dialog box, there are Default Input Language section and Installed Services section. To add Chinese language input (if it’s not found in the Installed Services section), click the Add button,
     
  4. In the “Add Input Languages” dialog box, you’ll find more than hundred of additional language inputs or IME that are currently supported in Windows Vista. If you prefer to Chinese PinYin input method (like myself), you can locate the “Chinese (PRC)” item from the list and tick the check-box labelled as “Chinese (Simplified) – Microsoft Pinyin IME”.
    How to write Chinese characters in Windows Vista? How to add the MS PinYin IME in Windows Vista, in order to write Chinese characters and text?

    If you prefer to Traditional Chinese characters and New ChangJie input method, locate the “Chinese (Taiwan)” item and tick your favorite IME in the list.
     
  5. Click OK to close the Add Input Language dialog box,
     
  6. Click on the Advanced Key Settings tab of Text Services And Input Languages dialog box, where you can set a keyboard shortcut / hotkey to switch between English and Chinese input method. By default, you can press the ALT+SHIFT hotkey to switch between English and Chinese IME (Microsoft Input Method Editor).

Besides able to write Chinese characters and text, the powerful Windows Vista MUI (Multilingual User Interface) also support non-Unicode program (e.g. able to properly render non-English characters in Chinese program, such as Storm Codec II) and seamlessly switching multilingual user interface!

To learn more about Windows multilingual supports or MUI feature, refer to Microsoft Global Input Method Editors (IME), Office XP Tool – Global IME (Simplified Chinese).


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  1. Dragono October 14th, 2008 3:43 AM

    when i want to add Chinese language keyboard, i just find “Chinese (Simplified) – US Keyboard”..

    I didn’t find “Chinese (Simplified) – Miscrosoft Pinyin IME” and whatsoever..
    I have reinstalled my vista, but it still the same..

    What happens..??

  2. I’mMe January 30th, 2009 8:48 PM

    ya… i had the same problem 2……. :(

  3. Botkilla March 1st, 2009 2:04 PM

    I’ve just added Chinese PinYin capability to my computer. Everything works fine except for when I want to type out the character: 女. I know the pinyin for that character but it is not on the list when I search for the specific character I want. Is there something “special” I have to do in regards to typing that character?

    -Thanks

  4. Walker March 2nd, 2009 1:27 AM

    I suppose you meant “girl” for the Chinese word 女.

    To enter this with PinYin input method, type nvv or nv

  5. chink November 21st, 2009 7:27 PM

    omg thanks sooo much!!!

  6. chikybabe332 February 9th, 2010 4:39 AM

    He,

    Thanks so much for this tutorial. I spent quite a big of time and effort trying to figure it out before finding your site.

    Thanks again!

  7. 单洋 February 28th, 2010 5:35 AM

    你好。

    谢谢你！
    works quiet well on win7 :)

    Bye
    单洋
    *happy*

  8. lynn April 10th, 2010 4:54 PM

    oh my gawd… i love you…
    i can type chinese now without problems
    thank you sooooo much <3

  9. Wilhelm April 17th, 2010 4:09 AM

    I’m got the simplified characters to work, but not the traditional Taiwan. I selected the keyboard and can switch to it, but I don’t get that bar that allows me to choose different characters like with the simplified. Is it because I only have the keyboard option?

  10. apple May 21st, 2010 12:16 AM

    I have recently seen somewhere that when the person types out chinese characters, the bar that pops out, whatever you call it, the one with all the chinese characters when you start typing, seems to be different because she has like, this cute polar bear holding the bar which shows the chinese characters. Is there anyway to edit the settings so that I can achieve the same results?

  11. Walker May 21st, 2010 1:23 AM

    I think that is a 3rd-party Chinese input tool rather than the one bundled with Windows.

    I can imagine how fun to look at its interface. If you know the software later, please share with me.

  12. kamisamalimu July 19th, 2010 12:06 PM

    谢谢你。 我终于可以用中文打字了。万分感谢。

  13. tn August 24th, 2010 2:17 AM

    tQ u(“,)
    谢谢！！