Procedures (Windows 7):

  • Click "Start" -> "Control Panel"
  • Open "Region and Language".
  • Change to the "Keyboard and Languages" tab then click "Change Keyboards..." button.
  • From the "Installed Services" group, highlight "Chinese (Traditional) - New Phonetic" then click "Properties..."

  • Change to the "Keyboard" tab, then choose "HanYu Pinyin" and click "OK"

  • Apply all "OK's"

Procedures (Windows XP):

  • Click "Start" -> "Setting" -> "Control Panel"
  • Open "Regional and Language Options " by double click.
  • Change to the "Languages" tab then click "Details" button.
  • From the "Installed Services" group, highlight "Microsoft New Phonetic IME / 微軟新注音輪入法 2002a" then click "Properties..."

  • From the "Setting" tab, choose "Legacy IME" from the "Input Method Setup" group.

  • Change to the "Keyboard Mapping" tab, then choose "HanYu Pinyin" and click "OK"

  • Apply all "OK's".