18.2.1.1 Adding Simplified
Chinese (Windows Regional and Language Options)
When using Windows XP
From the Windows XP [Control Panel], point to
[Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options], and open the
[Regional and Language Options] dialog box.
On the [Languages] tab, in [Text services and input
languages], click the [Details...] button.
The [Text Services and Input Languages] dialog box
appears. On the [Settings] tab, click [Add...].
In the [Add Input language] dialog box, set the
[Input language] to [Chinese (PRC)].
In this example setting, in [Keyboard layout/IME], select [Chinese
(Simplified) - Microsoft Pinyin IME 3.0]. Click [OK].
You will return to the [Text Services and Input
Languages] dialog box. After confirming "Chinese (PRC)" is added to
the [Installed services] area, click [Apply], then [OK] to close
the dialog box.
Click [OK] in the [Regional and Language
Options] dialog box to complete the set up.
When using Windows 2000
In the [Control Panel], open the [Regional Options]
dialog box.
On the [General] tab, under [Language settings for
the system], select [Simplified Chinese]. Click [OK].
The dialog box below appears when adding
Simplified Chinese for the first time. Insert the Windows 2000
CD-ROM into the PC and click [OK].
When the data has finished being copied from the
CD-ROM, you must restart the PC.
The dialog box below appears. Click [Yes].
After restarting, from the [Control Panel] select
[Keyboard] to open the [Keyboard Properties] dialog box.
From the [Input Locales] tab, in the [Installed
input locales] area, click [Add...].
The [Add Input
Locale] dialog box appears. Select the language to add from the
drop-down menu and click [OK].
For example, use [Chinese (PRC)] for [Input locale] and [Chinese
(Simplified) - MS-PinYin98] for [Keyboard layout/IME].
In the [Installed
input locales], confirm "Chinese (PRC)" is added. Click [Apply]
then [OK].
