这是一个常有的问题。它的答案是 “根本不是问题” ！从Windows 2000 以来就已经不是问题了。之前是许要另外按装，但在Windows Vista 就已经不需要个别按装了。Windows 7 也理所当然的在初期化也可以看中文了。还不只是中文！日文，泰文，等等都可以看到。

但中文输入呢？

之前已经提到了，早在Windows 2000 时期就可以看中文了，在这情况下中文输入也一样是理所当然的事。

And now I shall switch back to English cause I can't talk technical terms in Chinese, but that must be the largest amount of Chinese I've ever written in a while. To activate the built in Chinese input in Windows 7 is EASY! Just head on over to the Control Panel. And then look for Change Keyboards or other input methods.

On the screen that pops up click on Change Keyboards.

You'll then be presented with a list of active input methods on the system currently. Click on the Add button to bring up a list of input methods you can install and use.

You'll now see a big list of available input languages, of course in this post we're interested in Chinese input so scroll down to that part of the list.

The 2 choices that we're interested in is Chinese (Simplified,PRC) and Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) mainly because those are the ones that offer the most useful choices. Personally I have NO IDEA how to use anything other than PinYin for keyboard input so I just select Microsoft PinYin New Experience Input Style (New experience should be better right?) But if the terms QuanPin, ChangJie make sense to you. Then check all that you want and click OK. The keyboards you selected will now appear in the previous screen.

So... how do you write Chinese? Once you added in multiple keyboards to your system, the Language Selector will appear next to your tray. It's the EN word in the picture below.

Clicking on it will allow you to switch the input language of the CURRENT ACTIVE APPLICATION, that's an important thing to note. So let's say you want to enter some chinese text in your browser, just click on the textbox in the browser then click on the Language Selector.

Choose the input language you want to use, and then type away!

Oh, if you're using the PinYin method of input, the [ and ] keys cycle through word choices, and pressing the NUMBER selects the word. Pressing ENTER, DOES NOT select the word. Also if you're using the PinYin Method you might want to adjust the properties of the keyboard.

Ensure that the Candidate Prompt checkbox is checked (It's not checked by default) so that you get to see the word list when you're entering text. So... after reading this you might be asking the question.

那我还需要安装中文之星或类似的程系吗? 答案是 “如果你有需要到它们的功能哪就安装吧！” 因为 Windows 7 只有普通的输入功能，而其它的程系可有更多的功能。

Ok... typing a post in Chinese when all you know is rusty PinYin is not the best experience, luckily... I had help!

And I'll talk more about that in another post.