--- Forwarded Message from "Stewart, John" <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Subject: RE: #7096 Word X for Mac OS X and Chinese
>Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 12:52:56 -0500
>Thread-Topic: #7096 Word X for Mac OS X and Chinese
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>From: "Stewart, John" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum"    <[log in to unmask]>

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Hi again, Laura, and everybody else;
Word, according to M$, does NOT officially support Chinese.  That said, if you register Word (or any other of the Office apps) as a Japanese app, it should work with (almost) no problem.  Apple used to have a language register program, but now the only one I know of is included with Office X.

1.  Go to /Applications/Microsoft Office X/Utilities/Microsoft Language Register/ and you will find the application Microsoft Language Register.  Double-click it and it will give you  instructions.
2.  After running this, additional double-byte tools will be available that weren't before, such as Phonetic Guide, Combine Characters, and Enclose Characters which can be found under the Format menu, and also added to toolbars.  But most importantly, the spacing problem is solved.  
3.  One drawback is that now some menu items and dialog box text will appear in Japanese.  The kanji generally isn't a problem for Chinese users (I don't know where this puts Korean users...), but you may need to teach a bit of kana to them...

Hope this helps;
Jan

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> --- Forwarded Message from Laura Atkinson <[log in to unmask]> ---
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> >Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 15:18:12 -0500
> >From: Laura Atkinson <[log in to unmask]>
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> >Subject: Word X for Mac OS X and Chinese
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> Hi all,
> 
> I am trying to fix the cursor problem in Microsoft Word X for 
> OS X when 
> typing Chinese (the cursor moves further and further away from the 
> insertion point). This was a problem in OS 9 as well, but was 
> generally 
> fixed by "registering" the application as a Chinese/Japanese/Korean 
> application. Mac OS X doesn't seem to have a language 
> register, or in any 
> case I can't find it. Does anyone know how to fix this 
> problem in OS X?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
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