Write Chinese Characters Using Pinyin and Microsoft's New Phonetic Input Method

Toggle Between English and Chinese Input

Microsoft product screen shot reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation.

Clicking on the “A” will change the icon to indicate that you are inputing Chinese characters. You can also toggle between English and Chinese input by briefly pressing the “Shift” key.

• Microsoft Windows Language Bar
• Click on the Language Bar
• Select Chinese (Taiwan) as your Input Language
• Toggle Between English and Chinese Input
• Begin Typing Pinyin in a Word Processor
• Correcting Chinese Characters
• Choosing the Correct Candidate Word
• Showing the Correct Chinese Characters