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Displaying Chinese in Windows XPFor viewing in Internet Explorer browser, the problem would be universal for displaying all Chinese characters on your browser. You can test this by going http://cn.yahoo.com & http://tw.yahoo.com . If the browser looks like the following Internet Explorer picture, then you have to select the language preference. 1. Just click on View2. Navigate to Encoding 3. On the computers that do not display Chinese properly, you have to click on More and select Chinese Simplified. 4. If you don't have the language pack downloaded, Internet Explorer will prompt you to download or insert your Windows disk. Just follow the direction. See the picture below.For typing in Office, you need to install the Global Input Method Editor from Microsoft. You may have to ask your IT support to do this for you. But the instruction is as follows...To add another keyboard layout or Input Method Editor (IME)2. On the Languages tab, under Text services and input languages, click Details.3. Under Installed services, click Add.4. In the Input language list, click the language for the keyboard layout or Input Method Editor (IME) you want to add.5. Select the Keyboard layout/IME check box, if multiple options are available, and then click a service in the list.6. If Keyboard Layout/IME is the only type of text service available, click an option in that list.Notes1. To open Regional and Language Options, click Start, click Control Panel, click Date, Time, Language, and Regional 2. Options, and then click Regional and Language Options.3. There may be only one keyboard layout for some languages.4. To add an IME, you must have installed it on your computer first.Related TopicsYou can also go to the Microsoft Global Input Method Editors (IMEs). The following screen would should up. You can just follow the procedure to get the IME installed.
To properly display standard Pinyin font (the publishing standard for displaying Pinyin on print materials in China), please follow these simple steps for your operating systems.Displaying Pinyin in Windows XP:1. Download the Pinyin font here.2. For all browsers, click "Save" and select a place to save your font and exit your browser.3. Copy the downloaded font (HYPY.TTF) to your Fonts folder in the Control Panel. That's it!
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Modern Chinese lesson is fully-supported by online modules found at college.betterchinese.com. A 16-digit alphanumeric authorization code can be found inside the back cover of each purchase textbook and/or workbook.
Go to college.betterchinese.com and sign-up for an account. Once you have created an account, click on the green triangle next to your name in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. Select “Subscriptions” from the drop-down menu and enter your unique activation code. Press submit. You should now have access to all of the audios and resources that are related to your textbook or workbook.
• Activation codes can only be used once and are non-transferable.
• Complimentary online modules that accompany the textbook include:
Lesson Animations – Animated lessons that allow for interactive in-class learning and continued practice beyond the classroom
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• The resources for the workbook include listening comprehension files and other audio files associated with the workbook exercises.
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