This is a quick guide to install Google Pinyin in order to input chinese characters, provided by Miles Odonnol.
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http://tools.google.com/pinyin/ (click blue button to download)
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Run GooglePinyinInstaller.exe
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Check: "I accept the terms in the License Agreement"
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Hit "Next"
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Choose (or accept) install location; hit "Next".
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Hit "Finish"
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Reebot (?) [Anyway, I did])
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Control Panel: Regional and Language Options >> Languages >> Details >> Add >> Chinese (PRC)
[Or, if you already have Chinese (PRC) AND, say, Chinese (Taiwan) REMOVE Chinese (Taiwan)] >> hit "OK" >> hit "Apply"
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Click the Language Bar, click EN English (United States) [Or whatever your native system]
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Select CH Chinese (PRC), see the following:
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Click on Chinese (Simplified) - Microsoft Pinyin IME x.x
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Select 
. Now you should see the additional Google IME bar:
, and you should be good to go for simplified characters.
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If you want to do Traditional Charactes, click the setup gears at the right of the Google IME icon:
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When the menu pops up, click the toggle option near the middle that says 切换为繁体模式:
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Now yer good to go with trad characters. To get back to simp chars, click same thing; it's a toggle.
