

You can also hover your pointer over the upper or lower right corner (1), or if using a tablet swipe from the right. To open the Control Panel, go to the Desktop, and if you have a keyboard press + I. Some of the desktop language options you may want could be inaccessible from there.

I don't recommend using Search, especially since Windows 8.1, as the "Add a language" option offered in Search will now take you only to the tablet side of the settings. The Control Panel in the Desktop is still the best way to add languages, even on a Windows 8 RT tablet. Enabling Chinese Input Methods in Windows 8 See also my quick introduction to Chinese language features in Windows 8.ġ. This page is for anyone who needs a Pinyin input method to type Chinese characters in versions of Windows 8 released outside of China. Which Chinese features are missing or broken in Windows 8 and 8.1? In Non-Chinese Versions of Microsoft Windows 8 Simplified AND Traditional Chinese Characters Windows 8 Chinese Pinyin Setup A Quick Start Guide to Using Pinyin Input for Windows 8 Chinese Pinyin IME Setup :: Pinyin Joe
