Chinese Fonts

Hi,
I've installed 3 different chinese fonts however when opening Microsoft word and writing a word in one of these fonts it doesn't show as chinese but as an ordinary font....what is wrong please?

 

why in a new mail message? i'm talking about inserting a chinese font into microsoft word into through an email!!!

 

Well, starting from the beginning:
Is this your first time to type in Chinese?
Do you know how to type in Chinese?
Do you have MS IME (or some other IME) installed/activated?

 

yes it is the first time to type in chinese why?.....I just want to write a name (in alphabets as we usually know) and print it out in Chinese

what is MS IME?

 

Here we go... =)
When I use the abbreviations MS, I mean it as shorthand for Microsoft. IME stands for Input Method Editor.

I assume that you natively use English when you use Windows, and that you know something of the Chinese language.

Let me preface by saying that if you're just doing this as a one time thing, then it may just be easier to ask a Chinese speaking friend to do the writing for you and then copy and paste. If you're going to need Chinese on a somewhat regular basis, then continue reading.

When using a foreign language on a computer that was not specifically designed for dealing with that language, IMEs are used. Because of the popularity of the American QWERTY keyboard layout, IMEs are even used by users of foreign languages in their country of origin. You can almost think of an IME as a translator: how do I write the words of my desired target language using a standard QWERTY keyboard?

(note: QWERTY keyboard layout refers to the keyboard layout most popular in English-alphabet-using/familiar countries. You know if you are using a QWERTY keyboard by simply looking at your keyboard- find the letter Q, if the next letter to it is W, and the next letter to it is E, and the next letter to it is R, etc., then you are more than likely using what I refer to as a QWERTY keyboard layout).

So, we've briefly covered IMEs. In basic terms, it's what a non-English speaker uses when they're using a standard English alphabet keyboard (and for you pros out there, let's just leave Dvorak out of this).

I refer specifically to Microsoft's IME because, as a Windows user, you can install it with no additional charge (there are third party IME software makers galore, and for Chinese, TwinBridge comes to mind, but you have to buy it).

So, hopefully, we've covered the software aspects of what you're trying to do.

Beyond that, you have to know a little bit of the language which you wish to reproduce. As I recall, you are wanting to produce Chinese characters for your output.

To do this, you will need to activate MS IME on your computer. I'm using XP Home edition, and I am guessing that even if you are using different editions of XP, the steps that follow will remain relatively unchanged. To activate MS IME, you will need to follow a few steps:

Go to the Regional and Language Options from Control Panel.
1) Click on the Languages tab.
2) Check the box that says "Install files for East Asian languages." Click Apply. Upon doing so, Windows may start a download, and/or may prompt you to restart your computer. If you need to restart, do so, and then re-open the Regional and Language Options from Control Panel after you have restarted. If you did not need to restart, then you can continue to the next step regardless.
3) Click on the button labeled "Details. "
4) Click on the "Advanced" tab.
5) Check on the box that says "Extend support of advanced text services to all programs. "
6) Make sure that the "Turn off advanced text services" is not checked. Click apply. If you need to restart, do so and return to the Regional and Language Options->Languages->Details option; if not, continue.
7) Click on the "Settings" tab.
8) Click on the "Add" button. From the "Input language" drop down list, choose Chinese (PRC). Under "Keyboard layout/IME," "Chinese (Simplified) - Microsoft Pinyin IME x.x [x.x = the version, currently I'm using 3.0] should be selected automatically. If it is not selected automatically, use the pull down menu and select it.
(I suggest "Chinese (PRC)" because it utilizes the most widely recognized form of Chinese input, which is standardized pinyin. How to use standardized pinyin, if you're not already familiar with it, is another matter entirely).
9) Click "OK. "
10) Click "OK" again.
11) Click "OK" again.
12) If at any point during these final "OK "'s you need to restart your computer, go ahead and restart, everything should be fine when you come back.
13) If you haven't done so already, restart your computer.

When you come back, you should see the language bar icon by your Windows tray. If you don't see it, let me know and I'll write a response on how you can display it.
Open Word, and click once in the area in which you are about to write.
Click the language bar icon where it says EN (short for English), and then select Chinese.
Write whatever it is that you want to write using pinyin, and it should display Chinese characters in MS Word.


If you run into any problems, let me know.

(edit: removed a redundant word)