How to type Chinese in my computer?

How do you type Chinese using pinyin on your computer (Windows 7)?

• You know how there's so many different language options of Chinese traditional that you can install onto your computer? (i.e. New Quick, New Phonetic, Phonetic, etc.) but I can't seem to find the one that I can type Chinese with pinyin. Can anyone help?

• Answer:

  If you specifically want PinYin option for entering traditional Chinese input you may want to have a look into this link : http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/thread/d00a037b-01b6-489a-aacf-5ecdc75c551f/ Also see the suggestion by "Wyatt Wong " form this link : http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7desktop/thread/6d8f8cfc-11a8-4de4-bb81-0cb191b216aa Language pack is available in Ultimate and Enterprise, if you have Windows Ultimate or Enterprise edition you may follow the steps below and install the language pack. To download and install a Windows 7 language pack, follow these steps: 1. Start Microsoft Update. To do this, click Start, type Microsoft Update in the Start Search box, and then click Microsoft Update in the Programs list. 2. Click the optional update links for the language packs. 3. Under the Windows 7 Language Packs category, select the desired language pack. Note: If you install many additional language packs, the disk space and system performance are affected. In particular, disk space and system performance are affected during servicing operations, such as Service Pack installations. Therefore, we recommend that you only add a language pack to your computer if you will use the language pack. 4. Click OK, and then click Install updates to start the download and installation process. For more information on how to install language pack, please refer to the article below: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972813 If this doesn’t helps, then you may follow the steps below to fix this issue: You should install a Chinese IME before typing Chinese characters. To do this, please follow the steps bellow. 1) Click on start > Control Panel 2) Click on clock, Language and Region > Region and Language-> 3) Keyboard and Languages >Change keyboards > Add > Chinese (Simlified,PRC) Please choose which IME you want to install, and then apply the settings. Read through this article as well. Add or change an input language You can make it easier to enter text or edit documents in multiple languages by changing the input language. Input languages are included with Windows, but you need to add them to your list of languages before you can use them.