Auto Insert Pinyin For Office under Windows Vista

I believe a lot of us feel very frustrated when we realize this pinyin (phonetic guide) feature is not working for Windows Vista. It seems like this is one of the bug that Microsoft successfully to fix it with their SP1 release. So this is how i get it to work.

I have a machine upgrade to Windows Vista SP1*. If you are using Office XP, download the Office XP Tool: Global IME (Simplified Chinese) and install it. After installation, it should works.

If you are not using Office XP but using Office 2003 or Office 2007. Things will get a bit more complicated. This is because the Office XP Tool: Global IME (Simplified Chinese) cannot be installed without Office XP installed. Hence, the way i do it is to install Office XP alongside Office 2003 or Office 2007. After that install the Office XP Tool: Global IME (Simplified Chinese). Once installed, you can uninstall Office XP. I know is troublesome but so far this is the only way i can make this works.

I will try to explore to see if i can install Office XP Tool: Global IME (Simplified Chinese) without Office XP and if is successful, i will post on my next post.

You can see that Microsoft Global IME for Office XP coexist with Microsoft Office 2007

Windows Vista Service Pack 1

Success!

* You might want to make a backup image before you apply Windows Vista SP1. you might want to check out this link on the potential Vista SP1 problem.