Microsoft Global Input Method Editors (IMEs)
International communication keeps getting easier thanks to full-featured, high-performance IMEs. An IME is a program that allows computer users to enter complex characters and symbols, such as Japanese characters, using a standard keyboard. Microsoft is now offering two Global IMEs—Global IME 5.02 and Global IME for Office XP.
By launching any language version of Word 2000, Internet Explorer 5.01 or greater, or Outlook Express—then selecting Global IME 5.02 from the taskbar, you can write the language you choose.
And now, you can input Chinese, Japanese, and Korean text into any Microsoft Office XP applications, Web forms, and e-mail messages on any language version of Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium, Windows 98, and Windows NTŪ 4.0 with Service Pack 6 (SP6) or later. And it's easy. After you have installed the Global IME for Office XP, you just start your Office XP program, select the language from the Language bar, and you can type the language you choose, regardless of the language version of Office XP or Windows you are using.
See how Microsoft Office XP—with features like smart tags, task panes, integrated e-mail, document recovery, and send for review—can help you work smarter. Or download Global IME for Office XP now.
Current users of Global IME 5.02, who have upgraded to Office XP: You'll want to upgrade to Global IMEs for Office XP to benefit from the full-featured integration Office XP provides.
Users without Office XP: If you do not have Office XP, you can install Global IME 5.02 here. Note that Global IME 5.02 is not supported on computers running Office XP and should not be installed. Office XP users must instead install the Global IMEs for Office XP.
Who Needs the New Global IMEs?
Anyone who needs to input East Asian text. Users who are running:
| • | Windows Me, Windows 98, Windows 95, or Windows NT 4.0 and not running Office XP should download Global IME. |
| • | Windows Me, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0 and running Office XP will want to upgrade to the Global IMEs for Office XP. |
| • | Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003 can use the built-in, full-featured East Asian input support that works in all applications. |
Note: On Windows Millennium, Windows 98, Windows 95, and Windows NT 4.0, the Global IMEs work only in supporting applications.
Global IME is designed to help individuals and businesses who want to communicate in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean without having to run a separate Chinese, Japanese, or Korean version of Windows. With Global IME, a business based in New York could use its U.S. version of the browser to send messages in Korean to an overseas affiliate. And a student attending classes in Paris could write documents in Japanese.
How Does It Work?
After you install Global IME for any language, Windows displays the Language bar icon on the task bar whenever a supporting application is active. To write in East Asian characters, you just have to click the Language bar icon, select the desired East Asian language, and start typing.
What Software Do I Need?
Global IME works on any computer running on Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0 with SP 6 or later, with Internet Explorer 5.01 or greater. The only other piece of software you need is the Language Pack for the language that you want to write, which you can get when you download Global IME for Office XP.
