Reading and Writing Chinese/Japanese/Korean (CJK) with Microsoft Global IME

Topic Outline

Using Microsoft Global IME for

Topic 1 What Are CJK Programs

Monolingual CJK Platforms

In this workshop we are not talking about the monolingual Chinese, Japanese or Korean operating system and software application, such as a Chinese Windows 95, or a Japanese Word97. These monolingual CJK operating systems and applications enable one to read, write, and print CJK characters satisfactorily, but are unable to stay at the same time with an English based operating system. To switch between an English based Windows 98 and a Chinese Windows 98, for example, you have to go through the complicated procedures of installing the two versions separately and have to restart your machine every time to switch to the other. Especially when you are roaming through global Web sites written in English, different Chinese codes, Japanese or Korean characters at the same time, you wish for a global system that combines all these language features and codes in one place.

Multilingual English and CJK Environment

What we prefer here is a global multilingual environment. We will use an English based operating system such as MS Windows98 or Windows NT with an English based MS Word, Outlook and IE Web browser. When we need to, we will be able to read and write CJK text with an add-on CJK platform at the same time when we write English in a Word document, view CJK Web pages together with English Web sites over the Internet, or write CJK email messages in MS Outlook Express. We want to input an East Asian text across language platforms of Windows 95, 98 or NT. We are talking about communicating in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean without having to run a separate Chinese, Japanese, or Korean version of Windows.

Some Popular Add-On CJK Platforms You May Purchase:

  • NJWin Internet Viewer: The current price is US$49-$89, but you can download a 30-day trial version at http://www.njstar.com.
  • UnionWay Asian Suite 97: It is priced at $89 - $499. You may go to its Website http://www.unionway.com to try to download a shareware trial version.
  • Twin Bridge Asian Partners: The price is about $199-$249. You may go to its Website http://www.twinbridge.com to see if you may download a trial version.
  • Richwin 97 Pro: It is priced at US$179. You may find more details in its Website http://www.richwinusa.com.
Note: The price quotes and trial use conditions described above are updated by manufacturers without notice.

Different Coding and Character Structures of Chinese Text

* There have been two different coding versions of Chinese systems. One is called the Big5 code used in Taiwan & Hong Kong. The other is named the GB code popular in Mainland China & Singapore.

* There are two different sets of Chinese characters used by different groups of Chinese population. Mainland Chinese used the Simplified Chinese characters and the Pinyin Phonetic Spelling system. Chinese in Taiwan, Hong Kong and other areas still write the Traditional Chinese characters and the older ways of phonetic and character parts representations invented in early 20th century.

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Topic 2 Using the MS Global IME as a Free CJK Add-on Feature

What is the Global IME?

Microsoft Inc. has added the Global IME (Global Input Method Editor v. 5.01) to provide the multilingual feature for users who need to view and enter CJK characters inside an English based operating system and software application.

 "Now you can input Chinese, Japanese, and Korean text into Microsoft Word 2000 documents, Web forms, and e-mail messages on any language version of Windows 98, Windows 95, and Windows NT 4.0. And it's easy. Just launch any language version of Word 2000, Internet Explorer 4.0 or greater, Outlook Express 4.0 or greater, or Outlook 98 -- then select Global IME from the taskbar, and you can write the language you choose."
- quoted from MS Web page www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/features/ime.asp.

What Hardware and Software Do You Need to Use the MS Global IME

Computer: PC Pentium I or higher
Operating System: MS Windows 95, 98 or Windows NT
Application package: MS Office 2000 Standard (see details in Topic 8 "A Brief Description of Popular MS programs")
Internet Downloading 1. MS Internet Explorer 4.01 with Service Pack 2 or 5.0

2. MS Global IME (Input Method Editor 5.01 with required Language Pack(s)

What is the MS Language Pack with the Global IME?

An English version of Internet Explorer needs a specific MS Language Pack to display the Chinese, Japanese, Korean and other East Asian characters. A CJK Global IME will work only if their respective CJK language packs are also installed on your PC. So when you download MS Global IME from Internet, make sure to choose the option together with its Language Pack (see details in the next Topic 3 "Downloading CJK IME and Language Pack").

MS Global IME Is Only Available at its Internet Explorer 4.01 or Higher

You can download the MS Global IME 5.01 with the Language Pack ONLY in MS Internet Explorer 4.0 or greater. If you are using the Netscape as your major Internet browser at the moment, you cannot use the Global IME but have to add another CJK add-on Platform as those described in Topic One.

Microsoft Office is based on the Unicode, a standard developed by the Unicode Consortium, that provides a 16-bit extensible international character coding system for information processing that covers the world's major languages.

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Topic 3 Downloading the Global CJK IME Free from MS Website

Steps to Download MS Global IME with Language Pack

  1. Start the MS Internet Explorer 4.01 or greater on your PC. (If you don't have the MS IE 4.01 or higher yet, you can download the MS IE 5.0 free at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.htm.
  2. From inside the MS IE 5.0, log into http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/features/ime.asp to get the Web page "Global IME 5.01 enhances East Asian text input".
  3. To download the Global IME program, click on the "download Global IME" in the second paragraph in the Global IME 5.01 Web page.
  4. You will see the Web page of "Microsoft Global IME 5.01, Step 1 of 2 (32-bit Windows). Select your options as follows:
    1. a. In the "Choose An Option" box, click the scroll arrow to the right of the box and choose the option you need, e.g., "Microsoft Global IME 5.01 for Chinese (Simplified) - with Language Pack" or "Microsoft Global IME 5.01 for Japanese - with Language Pack".

      b. In the "Choose a Language" field, choose "English" to read the following downloading instruction written in English. However, if you prefer to read the following instruction in CJK instead of English, choose "Other" and in the next Web page select the language version you prefer to download.

      c. Click the Next>> button.

  5. This will take you to "Microsoft Global IME 5.01, Step 2 of 2". The IE download page will recommend a specific site for your downloading already. If you are using Windows 95, 98 or NT, simply click the Next>> button.
  6. A File Download dialog box will appear. Select "Save this program to disk" in the dialog box by highlighting its radio button, then click OK.
  7. A Save As dialog box will be displayed. Select the location on your hard drive where you want to save the Global IME set up file (*.exe).
  8. The downloading procedure will take a while depending upon the speed of your modem and the traffic of the Web site at the time.

Note:

  1. You may repeatedly download different Global IME modules with required Language Packs if you need more than one.
  2. Some anti-virus software programs may interfere with the download and should be disabled while installing Internet Explorer.

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Topic 4 Installing Global CJK IME with Language Packs

Unzipping the Downloaded Global IME before Installation

After the IME files have been downloaded and saved to your hard drive, and while you're still connected to the Internet, unzip and install the downloaded file (see the list below) by double-clicking the file name now located on your hard drive.

 The following *.exe names might be displayed depending what you have downloaded:

scmondo.exe Global IME 5.01 for Chinese (Simplified) - with Language pack
 

tcmondo.exe

 Global IME 5.01 for Chinese (Traditional) - with Language pack (with Zhu-Yin IME and ChangJie IME)
jamondo.exe Global IME 5.01 for Japanese - with Language Pack
komondo.exe Global IME 5.01 for Korean - with Language Pack

You will see the following names if you chose to download Global IME without required language packs. Since Global IME will work fully with its required Language Pack, you should go back to download the options with Language Pack. It will not hurt anything, but the downloading procedure may take longer.

msscaime.exe Global IME 5.01 for Chinese (Simplified)
mstcaime.exe Global IME 5.01 for Chinese (Traditional)
msjaime.exe Global IME 5.01 for Japanese
mshaime.exe Global IME 5.01 for Korean

After double-click on the downloaded Global IME to unzip and install the .exe file,

  1. Follow the instructions on screen until a message box appears on your screen saying that the Global IME with its Language Pack is successfully installed.
  2. When you are asked to restart your Windows to apply the installed Global IME, follow the instruction.
  3. If the Global IME is successfully installed, an EN icon will be displayed at the right corner of your Windows Task bar.

You Need a Zip program to Unzip Internet Downloads

If you don't have a zip program on your hard drive to unzip and install a downloaded program (which are generally zipped for purpose of transporting and downloading over Internet), You may download a free evaluation version of WinZip 7 from http://www.winzip.com as a temporary arrangement.

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Topic 5 Viewing CJK on Internet Websites

MS Internet Explorer Detects and Displays CJK Characters Automatically

Generally, the installed CJK Global IME with a specific Language Pack will detect the language of the Web text and display it correctly after the Web file is fully loaded. This is one of the reasons why Microsoft Internet Explorer has become a major Internet browser for those viewers who need to read without buying additional add-on CJK programs.

If CJK Characters are garbled in the IE Web Page

If the CJK text is garbled somehow, make sure the following options are selected to help assure the correct display of CJK characters in the MS IE 5.0 Web pages:

  1. Check the View, Encoding menu in Internet Explorer 5.0
    • Choose View-Encoding from the menu bar of IE 5
    • Make sure the required CJK language is selected in the sub-menu of Encoding. If the language is not shown, choose More to display and select your language.
    • It will also be helpful to activate the Auto-Select option in the sub-menu to help IE detect and display non-English text correctly.
  2. Check the Global IME menu on the Windows' Task Bar
    While keeping your CJK text body activated, click on the IME icon (EN) on the Windows Task Bar to see if the Language Packs you require are installed.
     
  3. Check the Windows Control Panel, Internet Options
    a. Click on the Windows' Start button at the bottom left corner of your desktop. Choose Settings - Control Panel from the Start menu.

    b. In the Control Panel window, double-click on the icon of Internet Options.

    c. Select the General tab, and click on the Language button in the General window.

    d. In the Language Preferences window, see if the language you wish to display in Internet Web pages is listed. If not, click the Add button to choose from a long list of languages. You can also decide the priority of multiple languages to be detected and displayed correctly on your Internet Web pages using the Move up, Move down, or Remove buttons.

Generally, your CJK Web text should be displayed correctly, especially after you restart your computer again.

If you wish to write and publish CJK text in a HTML file and publish your own Web page, MS Global IME will enable you to do so. See more details of writing CJK in Topic 7 "Writing and Printing CJK in Microsoft Applications.

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Topic 6 Reading and Writing CJK E-mail

 MS Outlook 2000 combines electronic mail (called Outlook Express), calendars, contacts, tasks, to-do list, group scheduling, network and Web scheduling features. Its multilingual feature let users share more than 80 languages other than English. After installing the Global IME of CJK, you can view and write CJK e-mail messages in English based Outlook Express.

Microsoft Outlook is set to display the message header in English (which includes the From, To, Sent, and Subject boxes) of replies and messages to be forwarded. This is necessary because a CJK header may not be displayed properly if the recipient of the message is using a non-CJK system. (However, you can change the English header to a CJK header by clearing the check box with "Use English for message headers on replies and forwards in the Tools - Options - Mail Format Tab check box.)

Viewing a CJK email message in Outlook Express

Click in the body of the email message that contains CJK text. The CJK text should be displayed properly. To give the computer some time to display all the CJK characters properly, you may have to wait for 5-10 seconds, or click back and forth between email messages to help.

If CJK Characters are garbled in the Email Message,

  1. Check the View, Encoding in the View window
    In the Outlook Express view window, choose View - Encoding from the menu bar, and make sure both the required CJK language and Auto-Select are selected.
  2. Check the Format, Encoding in the Reply Window
    In the Outlook Express Reply window, choose Format - Encoding from the menu bar, and make sure both the required CJK language and Auto-Select are selected.
    (Note: The Encoding option may be listed under other menu names depending upon the MS email program you are using
  3. Check the Global IME menu on the Task bar and Windows' Internet Options
    While keeping your CJK text body activated, click on the IME icon (EN) on the Windows Task bar to see if the Language Packs you require are installed.
    Also, check the Start - Settings - Control Panel - Internet Options - Language window to assure the the language required is listed.

Sending a CJK Email Message

Your email message format must be in HTML to use the Global IME. When you reply to the message, it is sent in the same character set as the original. If you change the character setting in your reply, the original does not appear properly unless you send the message in HTML and the receiver's email program can read HTML.

To turn the HTML format on,

choose Tools - Options from the Outlook Express' menu bar. Select Send tab in the Options window. In the Mail Send area, choose HTML format.

Also in the Sending area, click on International Settings and choose the preferred CJK language as the formatting coding for your sent email messages. Otherwise, you may be prompted about the format when sending a CJK email message.

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Topic 7 Writing CJK Text in MS Word and Outlook 2000

You could write CJK text directly into Microsoft Word 2000 and Outlook Express 5 for email messages. You can also copy the written CJK from Word into other MS 2000 application packages such as Excel 2000, PowerPoint 2000 and others.

As the Chinese, Japanese and Korean Languages have their own particular input method, we have to use one, for example, the Simplified Chinese Global IME as an illustration of writing and printing CJK text. Example of Entering Chinese Simplified Text

Use the IME Floating Bar and Choose the Chinese Input

Place cursor in the edit area of your file for writing CJK text, click on the En icon (Global IME) on your Windows' Task bar and choose Simplified Chinese in the IME menu. A floating toolbar should appear in your desktop as below.

IME floating bar of Simplified Chinese on your desktop

 

From left to right in the floating toolbar,

  1. The Chinese/English toggle button ( for Chinese input or for English input). You can also use the Caps Lock key to toggle between Chinese or English Input by IME menu.
  2. The Full/Half width toggle button ( for Full width character or for Half width characters. Its difference will be shown especially with English input.)
  3. The Chinese/English punctuation toggle button (between Chinese punctuation and English punctuation.
  4. The Complete/Double spelling toggle button to choose different spelling inputs (Complete spelling or Double spelling input).

 Configuring Chinese (Simplified) IME

To configure Chinese (Simplified) input system, right-click on the Pen icon next to the Chinese PinYin icon on the task bar ( see the example below) to bring up the Properties dialog box. Select Method of Inputting from the pop-up menu.

 

There are four input mode options in the Method of Inputting dialog box. Click to select all the four options to help in your entering of Simplified Chinese text.

1. Word Auto-Complete: Recognizes and completes the character from the input of a consonant which can reduce the number of keystrokes required.
2. South Fuzzy Pronunciation Input: Allows the input of words with "fuzzy" pronunciation.
3. Step-by-step Prompting: Displays characters with the same syllables in a suggestion window so you can correct words as you type.
4. Word Learning: The IME learns from past user selections and corrections to provide the desired characters.

Switching Back to English Inputting

To switch back to your normal English based inputting method, just click on the En icon on the Windows' Task bar again and choose English as you next input Method.

Printing Chinese (Simplified) Text

Once you have installed the Chinese (Simplified) Language Pack, you should be able to print CJK text correctly on laser printers with postscript drives. Some printer drivers, especially those of ink-jet (also called bubble-jet) printers, do not support printing CJK text. Owners of these printers have to contact their printer manufacturers for adding a supporting driver in the future.

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Topic 8 A Brief Description of Microsoft 2000 Programs

MS Office 2000 Standard is a combo pack of four MS applications:

1. Word 2000 used with Multi-Language Packs

The "MS Office 2000 Multi-language Pack"(Chinese, Japanese and Korean) were designed specifically for Office 2000. They will provide the translated text for the CJK user interface and Help for all Office programs. The Multi-Language Pack also includes the Microsoft Office 2000 Proofing Tools such as AutoCorrect, Spelling and Grammar Checkers, Thesaurus, etc. The Office 2000 Multi-Language Pack is on their own CDs and have their own installer. To be able to use it, you have to buy the MS Multilanguage Pack for CJK CDs separately from MS Office 2000.

2. Outlook 2000 and its Outlook Express 5

Its multilingual feature allows you to use English as message flags and message headers, but enter CJK text inside the body of an email message. For example, in the fields of "From", "Sent", "Date Format", "To", and "Subject Field", you use English for your CJK message content. It is useful when exchanging email messages across different languages to different countries.

Note: To use e-mail features in Outlook, you need an Internet service provider - for modem connection at home, or you need to be on a cabled network - on campus lab computers. An Internet service provider is a company that allows you to connect to its Internet host server, usually for a fee.

3. Excel 2000

A spreadsheet and charts program that calculates numbers. Excel detects HTML format standards used for CJK languages. You can copy and paste CJK text written in Word 2000 into an Excel spreadsheet and print it.

4. Powerpoint 2000

A presentation graphic program that helps you enhances your presentation and points with power, graphic inserts, and slides shows. You could type CJK using the Global IME feature in Word 2000 first, and then copy and past the CJK text into a PowerPoint 2000 file for your presentation.

MS Office 2000 Professional version includes two more applications:

* Access 2000 as a database program besides the 4 basic applications under the Office Standard edition.

* Publisher 2000 that creates and lay out printed publications.

MS Windows 95, 98, and NT

MS Operating Systems of Windows 95, 98 and Windows NT Workstation versions support multi-lingual features. To install and justify the multilingual features, use the Start - Settings - Control Panels - Add/Remove Programs, Internet Options, Keyboards and others. Be cautious with changing these operating system options by following installing instructions carefully.

MS Internet Explorer 5.0 is a major competitor against Netscape in the market of Internet browsers and other popular programs. IE 4.01 and greater supports the MS Global Input Method Editor for CJK languages.

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This workshop was organized by:

Professor Kazuko Nakajima, Helen Wu and Young Gon Kim, with the assistance of Janice Okada, Secretary of EASSU.

Financially supported by the Faculty of Arts & Science and the Informtion Technology Courseware development Fund.

With its course notes prepared by Harriet Ji, Information Commons, UofT

Nov. 18, 1999

Note: All Website addresses and contents quoted in these course notes may be changed or removed by the Websites' owners without notice.

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 How can I use Korean under MS Windows 95 and 98?

    1. Who needs Korean IME?
    2. How does Global IME for Korean work?
    3. What software do I need?
    4. How can I use Korean on Mac?

    1. How can I use Korean under MS Windows 95 and 98?
    1) Unionw Way AsianSuite 97 is a program that works under MS-Windows NT 3.51/4.0 in addition to MS-Windows 3.1/95/98. Demo version available on the Net comes with only bitmap font. You can get 'try and buy version' product ID from http://www.unionway.com/download.htm to try it for 60 days after installation. For details, visit Unionway's web page or send mail to sales@unionway.com .

    2) NJWin is another program that is able to display Korean under English MS-Windows 3.1/95/98/NT. It cannot be used for input of Korean. For further details, see NJSTAR's page.

    3) Microsoft Global IME 5.01: Thanks to high-performance Microsoft Global IME 5.01. Now you can input Korean text into Microsoft Word 2000 documents, Web forms, and e-mail messages on any language version of Windows 98/95, and Windows NT 4.0. And it's easy. Just launch any language version of Word 2000, Internet Explorer 4.0 or greater, Outlook Express 4.0 or greater, or Outlook 98 -- then select Global IME (Korean) from the taskbar, and you can write Korean. You can download Global IME for Korean and get the Korean Language Pack at the same time. Microsoft Global IME makes Internet Explorer the only major browser that lets you both read and write East Asian characters. Current Microsoft Korean Language Pack allows any language version of Internet Explorer 4.0 or greater to display Korean characters. With Microsoft Global IME, you can write those characters, too, without using a special keyboard.
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    2. Who needs Korean IME?
    Any user who needs to input Korean language in Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.0 could use Korean IME. Korean IME is designed to help individuals and businesses who want to communicate in Korean without having to run a separate Korean version of Windows. With Korean IME, a business based in New York could use its U.S. version of the browser to send messages in Korean to an overseas affiliate.
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    3. How does Global IME for Korean work?
    After you install Global IME for Korean, Windows displays the Global IME icon on the task bar whenever Word 2000 or Internet Explorer 4.0 or greater is active, or whenever the user clicks in the body of a message in Outlook 98 or Outlook Express 4.0 or greater. To write in Korean characters, the user just has to click the Global IME icon, select Korean language, and start typing.
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    4. What software do I need?
    Global IME (Korean) works on any computer running Windows 98, Windows 95, or Windows NT 4.0 with Internet Explorer 4.0 or greater, and is supported by Word 2000, Outlook 98, and Outlook Express 4.0 or greater. The only other piece of software you need is the Language Pack for the language that you want to write, which you can get when you download Global IME.
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    5. How can I use Korean on Mac?
    Here are several options you can choose from to use Korean on Mac.

    1) For just viewing Korean web pages under Mac OS 8.5, you don't need to purchase anything. Just install Multilingual Internet Access Kit would enable you to view Korean web pages with Netscape and MS IE. Even under Mac OS prior to Mac OS 8.5, by installing Korean fonts, you can view Korean web pages. You are able to enter Korean with any of Korean input method compatible with MacOS 8.5 even if you don't install Korean Language Kit.

    2) Hangul Talk 7.1 or higher from Elex in Korea.

    3) Han Korean Kit email to HanSoft@aol.com 
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