Chinese Language Support Pack

Ping just discovered something new today. There's a Chinese Language Support Pack that we can install from the Windows XP cd that allows us to type in Mandarin!!! Ping is so excited that Ping reorganized all her chinese songs with proper characters that don't show up as boxes!!!

Ping had ran out of 'demo' copies of Chinese Word Processor to download. Ping started out using NJ Star WP, starting with their old version, which expired after 90 days. They then had new version, which gave Ping another 3 months. Unfortunately, these demo programs seem to know that you have used it for 90 days because after expiration, Ping would uninstall it, delete all the files, download it again and reinstall, but it wouldn't work. It will just keep telling you that your 90 days is over. So Ping had to format her C:/ drive to get rid of whatever code that tells them Ping had used the program before. Did that in June last year just before going to Woods Hole.

Since then, Ping had installed two versions of NJ Star WP and Key5. Ping is currently running out of demo versions to download and these word processors are just way too expensive to get in the States. So Ping decided to look around for Windows based ones and while going through the Control Panel, Ping realized that you can install a foreign language pack!!! Gave it a try and it's great!! You can shift between typing in English and typing in Mandarin with Alt+Shift. For the Mandarin characters, all you have to do is type in the pinyin with the tone ie. hen3 hao4 wan2 and you will get 很好完. Furthermore, Ping don't need NJwin Viewer to see the characters!!! Yippeee!!! Don't need to feel guilty about trying to hunt for downloads or using pirated versions!

By the way, Ping has complete collection of Jay's new 依然范特西 and 七里香 albums already!! 5 more to go!!

晚安!