Pinyin Joe's Chinese Computing Help Desk - Microsoft Windows

Pinyin Joe's

Chinese Computing Help Desk

User-friendly advice on MS Windows Vista and XP Chinese setup, the pinyin and zhuyin input methods (IME), Chinese fonts and Language Packs (MUI), plus free downloads for MS Office, a survey of third-party Chinese software, FAQs & more.

Welcome! This site was established to help you read and write Chinese in your Western-language version of Microsoft Windows XP and Vista, with a focus on the pinyin input method. Below are a couple of links for Mac and Linux users too.

My goal is to make this as accessible as possible to the non-technical, non-specialist, non-native speaker. It's all about your computer now, and my reviews of language learning books and software have moved to Pinyin-dot-U.S.

I hope the information on this site is useful. I cannot guarantee I can respond with any degree of expertise (I'm just a waiguoren after all) but please feel free to contact me via the link under "More Help" below if you have any questions.

Microsoft Windows Chinese Setup
Vista Chinese Setup	Vista Pinyin Setup	Vista Zhuyin Setup	Vista Chinese Fonts	Vista Language Packs (MUI)
XP East Asian Setup	XP Pinyin Setup	XP Zhuyin Setup	XP Chinese Fonts	XP Chinese User Interface (MUI)

Free Downloads		Third Party Product Survey
Pinyin Macro for Word and Excel	Chinese Calendar for Outlook	Additional Fonts, Input Methods, Utilities, Encodings

Apple Macintosh Chinese Setup		Ubuntu Linux Chinese Setup
Link to [chinese mac] at Yale.edu	Link to Chinese Mac Google Group	Link to Prof. Nathan Sivin's Win 2000 and Linux setup page

More Help and Information
Frequently Asked Questions	Archive: First Review of New Chinese Fetures in MS Vista	About "Pinyin Joe"Contact

Recommended Books for Geek Wannabes (Like Pinyin Joe)

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