Activate Keyboard for Typing in Chinese
If you want to type in Chinese, you need to activate
keyboard for typing. Select your OS and follow the
instructions.
Windows XP
You might need the Windows XP CD
1) Go to Start > Control
panel > Date, Time, Language, and Regional
Options >Regional
and Language Options.
2) Click on the Languages tab.
3) Check the Install
East Asian Languages box.
4) Click Apply.
5) Restart the computer.
6) Go back to the Languages tab.
7) Click on the Details... button.
8) Click on Add... in the new window: you'll be
presented with a choice of input language and keyboard
layout/IME.
9) Select the input language and keyboard.
Input Language: Chinese (PRC): Keyboard layout/IME:
Chinese (Simplified)-QuanPin
10)Click Apply.
11) Open any Windows application
then make sure the Language Bar menu on top is set
to Chinese.
Download HDZB_74.TTF and HDZB_75.TTF from
the follwing site.
http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/edv/sinopc/chinese_fonts.htm
Windows Vista
1) Click on Start button and then select
Control Panel.
2) Under Clock, Language, and Region area,
select Change keyboards or other input methods link.
Note: If you are in the Control Panel Classic View then
double-click on Regional
and Language Options icon and click on the tab keyboard
and languages.
3) Click on the Change keyboards…button then
click on Add… button.
4) Select the input language and keyboard.
For Chinese, select Chinese (Simplified,
PRC) - keyboard QuanPin (Version 6.0)
5) Click OK to add the selected keyboards to the Installed
Services.
6) Click OK to confirm and apply your new
language settings.
7) Open any
Windows application then make sure the Language Bar menu on top is set
to the input language you want.
Download HDZB_74.TTF and HDZB_75.TTF from
the follwing site.
http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/edv/sinopc/chinese_fonts.htm
Macintosh
1. Go to the Apple menu and open Systems
Preferences.
2. Click the International icon on the first row of the Systems
Preferences panel.
3. Click the Input Menu tab and check Traditional Chinese.
4. Open a software application such as a word processor.
5. On the upper right portion of the screen, click on the American
flag icon (U.S. Flag Icon). Use the dropdown menu to select the keyboard
you want.
6. The keyboard will be switched and an appropriate font will be selected within
the application. A flag icon corresponding to the keyboard will be displayed
on the upper right.
7. To switch back to the U.S. keyboard or to some other keyboard, click on the
flag icon on the upper right and select a keyboard from the dropdown menu.