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Writing chinese characters on MS winXP

Perez Learning Chinese about 14 years ago

Hi!

I'm using the chinese (simplified) keyboard settings on MS WinXP and I´m having trouble selecting the right character when I need to write a message.

Since there are lots of characters with similar pinyin, sometimes I´m forced to write the wrong one!

How do you cope with that?

谢谢

Carl about 14 years ago

Do you have tone selection enabled?

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Lechoin about 14 years ago

It takes time to tell the difference. XD

Perez almost 14 years ago

Thank you all for the answers.

I didn´t know there was a tone selection!

jiangjiang almost 14 years ago

actually ,there is not a tone selection, which tool do you use ? souhu?

Perez almost 14 years ago

I just use the Windows language selection (CH).

Shobi 2 days ago

An old thread, but it's still a common problem for anyone reading this now. Modern pinyin IMEs get much better results if you type a whole word or phrase (e.g. women → 我们) instead of one syllable at a time, because they use context to pick the right characters. The IME also learns what you use often, so the right choice moves up the list over time. If the character you want isn't shown, the number keys select a candidate and you can usually page through more with - / = or the arrow keys.