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[edit] Installing MSIME: Windows XP

NOTE: These instructions are for japanese, the settings for chinese are listed at the end.

Go to Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options.

Choose the "Languages" Tab and select the check box for "Install files for East Asian Languages".

Make sure to have your WinXP? CD handy because it will need to copy those 230 megs of files to your hard driver.

I had to mess around with this some more to get the IME to work properly. Now that I have figured it out, I wanted to let others know how to use it because it is very nice, but a little bit confusing to set up.

Once you have installed the East Asian languages...

1. . Open the Regional and Language Options menu once again from the Control Panel.
2. . Select the "Language" Tab.
3. . In the top section titled "Text services and input languages", click the 'Details' button.
4. . In the section titled "Installed Services" you will see the list of currently installed, and configured, IME's. Look through that list to see if you already have Japanese added. (Here is where I made a mistake. Having 'Japanese' listed as a Keyboard for "English" is not what you want. If you do not see a little gray box with JP in it, such as the EN one beside 'English' then the IME isn't installed and configured.)
5. To add the IME, click 'Add'. A window should open with two drop down lists: Input language, and Keyboard layout/IME.
6. Select "Japanese" from the list for the input language. The keyboard layout/IME list should automatically change to show the Microsoft IME. If it doesn't, then you have not yet installed the East Asian Language files - do so then return to this point.
7. Click 'Ok' to close the "Add Input Language" window. You should now see a gray box with JP in it listed among the other Installed Services.

(At this point you can set hot keys to enable/disable the Japanese IME if you wish, but for now, just click 'OK' or 'Apply' to confirm your changes.)

Now, you are ready to try this out! If you have not already done so, enable the Language Bar - right click some where on your Windows task bar (not on an application, mind you) and you will see a list of toolbars that you can enable - pick the Language bar.

Once enabled, you will see the current input language for the currently active application - I imagine it will be EN for most people. You should now be able to click that EN in the language bar and select JP for Japanese.Here is another place where people can get confused - I did. The language bar is specific to each application you have open. For example, lets say I have Word and Internet Explorer open (or whatever browser you use). If I have Word open and change the Language option in the Language bar to Japanese, it only does so for Word. As soon as I click over to IE (Internet Explorer) the Language bar will default back to EN (English). If I then clicked back into Word, it will return to Japanese. Don't let this confuse you as you switch between applications.

Phew ok, confused yet? I hope not! It sounds like a lot to do, but just follow the steps and you should be fine.

Ok, so open Notepad. Once open, change your language in the Language Bar to Japanese. Now, you will notice that the Language bar have changed a bit. You should see the little JP icon letting you know you are in Japanese mode, and you should see some other option, namely "Input Style", "Input Mode", and "Conversation Mode". The one you want to watch out for is the "Input Mode". For me, being a newbie at Japanese, I set my Input Mode to Hiragana. As I type, it will translate it for me. If you are typing and it is showing up as Roman/Latin characters, make sure your Input Mode is not set to Direct Input. So, if you have your Language Bar set to Japanese, your Input Mode set to what you want, try typing something in Notepad! Just play around with it to get used to it. Sometimes you have to hit space or enter at the end of a word before it will complete the translation.

Ok, if you did everything correctly, you should not be able to type in Japanese!

If you have trouble, feel free to email me: amerika.jin at gmail dot com.

Oh, and one more thing: To get the IME to work with other applications, you might need to enable an option back in the Regional and Language Settings menu in the Control Panel. Go to the Languages tab in the Regional and Language Settings menu then choose 'Details' on the Text Services section. Once there, choose the 'Advanced' tab. The first check box is labeled "Extend support for advanced text services to all programs". I currently have that selected and all is well.

Ok, hopefully you now have your IME configured and working. Sadly, this doesn't work with all applications, but it does for most that I have tested.

(nihongoresources)

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Settings for simplified chinese

• Keyboard
  • Chinese (Simplified) - Microsoft Pinyin IME 3.0
• Input Mode
  • Full Pinyin
  • Modeless Input **ON**
  • Fuzzy Input **OFF**
• Conversion Mode
  • Sentence
• User Function
  • Enable Learning **ON**
  • Enable User Defined Phrase **ON**
• Canadate Option
  • Row Style
  • Prompt by step **OFF**