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Pinyin (学拼音)

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:14:16 +0000

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How to Type Pinyin with Tone Numbers in Microsoft Word

admin — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:02:00 +0000

There are a few ways to type Pinyin with tone numbers in Microsoft Word.

1) Shortcut key

To type the corresponding code for a desired Pinyin character with tone number shown in the table below, and then press the keys “ALT and x” together. For ā, type 101, and then ALT + x.

Shortcut keys for Pinyin typing

Note: The table can be downloaded in Word format: Shortcut key for Pinyin with tone numbers.

2) Symbol Insertion

Insert Pinyin with tones from symbol selection

3) Use Find-and-Replace Macro (The macro is so cool!)

Download the macro from http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/PINYIN/pinyin.htm
Create a macro in your Word according to the instruction in the page above
Run the macro to replace all occurrences with Pinyin with tone numbers

4) Soft Keyboard with Google Pinyin

Type Pinyin with tones using Google Pinyin soft keyboard

Separate Characters by a delimiter with Microsoft Word

admin — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:00:01 +0000

Problem: To separate Chinese Characters by a delimiter, for example, to convert

我们在中文学校上课 ===> 我;们;在;中;文;学;校;上;课;

Solution:

1) select the text being adding delimiters among the characters

2) open “Find and Replace” window from the menu or toolbar of Microsoft Word

3) fill out the “Replace” form with desired information like the screen shot below, where “;” (semicolon) will be inserted:

Separate characters with a semi-colon

4) click “Replace” or “Replace All” button to insert semicolons into the selected text.