FAQ: Resizing the Windows Chinese Traditional (Taiwan) IME Candidate List
Getting Chinese to Work in Windows Shouldn't Be This Hard... 
The Chinese characters in the Windows Taiwan/Traditional "Microsoft New Phonetic" IME candidate list are really tiny! Is there a way to adjust the size of the text in this window?
Yes, there is a way to change this via the Tool Menu » Properties. If you have Windows XP, you may have to install an update first. This feature was introduced with the Microsoft New Phonetic 2003 update for XP, and is also in Vista and Windows 7.
As I said above Windows 7 and Vista include this feature, but Windows XP requires the Taiwan IME 2010 update (for XP SP3) or the 2003 update (for XP SP2 and earlier). (If you have Windows XP and aren't sure which version of the IME you have my archived FAQ on the 2003 update.)
To make the characters larger, go to the Tool menu on the Taiwan IME’s Language Band. (If you see two "Tool" menus, select the one with the arrow icon because the other is for speech tools.) Select "Properties" from the Tool menu.
In the first tab, "General", there is a setting to "Change UI font setting of reading and candidate window for a better visual clarity." Change that from "Normal font" to "Large font" and click the "OK" button.
Here it is in Windows XP:
and here it is in Vista and Windows 7:
For more information on using this IME, see my instructions for finding these:
Win7 - English Language User Guides for the Microsoft Pinyin IMEs
Vista - English Language User Guides for the Microsoft Pinyin IMEs
XP - I haven't done a similar page for XP, but please see the Vista link if you can't find your English-language Help files.
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