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Ages 12 years-adult. Chinese Partner 5.0 is a flexible, easy-to-use Chinese enabling program that allows you to input, edit, format and convert Chinese documents in many computer applications that are principally intended for use in English or other non-Chinese Windows 95/98/ME. With extensive 64 fonts and more than 10 input methods to choose from, it offers Unicode compatibility with Microsoft Office 97/2000/XP for optimal Chinese computing. It's also fully compatible with the Far East version of MS Office 97/2000/XP. Other features include a smooth user interface and a powerful set of utilities. The Chinese Partner also supports Chinese input and display in Outlook Express 5.0 and Internet Explorer as well as many other applications. It also supports Chinese input and display in most of the search engines. Users of the program are also able to input Chinese in graphics applications in either text or graphic format. The main user interface of the Chinese Partner is the Control Centre. It is where the user controls all the important features of the program. One of the features in the Control Centre is the Input Prompt Line, which is designed to input Chinese characters and related symbols. It has a number of features that will let you input characters with relative ease. To input Chinese and other languages, there are a host of methods to choose from. The input methods are: Super Pinyin, Super Zhuyin, Super Shuangpin, Changjei, Easy Changjei, English-Chinese, Yueyin, Simple-Stroke, Quwei Code, GB Code, BIG5 Code, Unicode, Telegraph Code and Short Sentence Input Methods. The Unicode Chinese fonts in the Chinese Partner are great for Internet use. In addition, the Chinese Partner’s unique Unified Chinese font merges simplified and traditional Chinese font characters into one set. It is the most friendly font to use in Microsoft Office products. CP5.0 is now able to support Unicode Chinese input in applications that are not fully Unicode compliant such as Netscape 6.0, Photoshop 6.0, FrontPage, and Publisher. CP5.0 also supports Unicode Chinese input and display in fully Unicode compliant applications such as Microsoft Office 97/2000/XP suite, Internet Explorer as well as other applications. The Chinese Partner takes advantage of Unicode compliant applications such as MS Office 97/2000/XP by displaying Chinese characters in single cursor when a Chinese Partner font with the header 'TSC' is selected. This function enables users to edit any Chinese character with one move of the cursor. There will be no more scrambled characters due to code misinterpretation. Documents created in the Chinese version of MS Office can be fully readable and ready for editing in the English version of MS Office and vice versa. Users are still able to create backward compatible ANSI documents in BIG5 or GB as they wish. For added convenience, user may alternate between keyboard and mouse Chinese input (via soft keyboard) at will. The soft keyboard tables and improved the hot key switching functions have been reorganised. (ISBN:0400602849) (For this item please quote stock ID 16967) ISBN: 0400602849

Global Office is an enhancement to Microsoft Office that adds text entry and visual keyboard display in over 100 different languages to these Microsoft products: Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint. It is easy to use, yet powerful enough to support the most demanding tasks of businesses, translation professionals*, and academics worldwide. Best of all, everything you need is on one CD-ROM. *NB: Global Office does not automatically translate. You must know the language that you are typing. But you do not need to learn a new keyboard layout because included are special phonetic software keyboards for each language based on US, French or German standard keyboards. Also included are standard Windows based non-phonetic software keyboards for those who prefer them. Start typing instantly: Text entry and visual keyboard display are started by clicking on the Unitype Button. Chinese, Japanese, and Korean support: Global Office lets you easily type in Japanese, Chinese, Korean and more. Right-to-Left support: Type left-to-right or right-to-left automatically, depending on the language. For Arabic scripts, contextual forms are handled automatically. Right-to-left support is targeted towards users that need a limited amount of right-to-left text embedded into left-to-right documents or for users needing right-to-left language support in Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. For users needing to write large right-to-left documents, we recommend Global Writer. Pop Up On Screen Keyboard: Pop-up language keyboard gives you the option to type in your own language phonetically, without learning a new keyboard layout. You do not need to learn a new keyboard layout because we include special phonetic keyboards for each language based on US, French, and German phonetic keyboards. Also included is standard Windows based non-phonetic keyboards for those that prefer them. Email Support: Easily send and receive multi-lingual e-mail with Microsoft® Outlook. Works with Microsoft supported languages; non-Microsoft supported languages require that the receiver also have a copy of Global Office. Integrate your Office: Access Global Office functions from the Unitype Button on the Microsoft Windows menu bar. Global Office actually becomes an integral part of Microsoft® Office. Web Compliant: Create Web content in Microsoft Internet Explorer supported languages from Microsoft Word. Adherence to standards and HTML support make Global Office the ideal tool for global web site development, as well as global communications. Word Art: For artists or those just wanting to have fun. Global Office supports WordArt for creating beautiful lettering styles such as 3-D, in supported languages. Communicate easily in more than 100 languages! including Chinese: Simplified (Pinyin, Cantonese, and Wubi input methods) and Traditional (Pinyin, Changjie, and Zhuyin input methods), & Tibetan (ISBN:0400401509) (For this item please quote stock ID 22092) ISBN: 0400401509

Global Writer is a word processor that lets you express yourself in your own language. It's so easy to use, you'll be typing letters, business documents, e-mail, school lessons and more in no time. And you can do all this without learning a new keyboard layout. Global Writer's built-in and customisable Spell Checker and Thesaurus make typing in your language faster and more convenient than ever. Best of all, everything you need is on one CD-ROM. NB: Global Writer does not automatically translate. You must know the language that you are typing. But you do not need to learn a new keyboard layout because included are special phonetic software keyboards for each language based on US, French or German standard keyboards. Also included are MS Windows and other standard non-phonetic software keyboards for those who prefer them. Spell Check/Thesaurus Spell Checker: Spell check documents in Arabic, Russian and Western European languages. Customized spell checker can be created for any language. Customisable Thesaurus: Create your own translation dictionaries for any pair of languages. Start typing instantly: Familiar looking menu bar makes it easy to start typing in minutes. Rich, high-quality, scaleable True Type fonts are included for each language. Chinese, Japanese, and Korean support: Global Writer lets you easily type in Japanese, Chinese, Korean and more. Right-to-Left support:Type left-to-right or right-to-left automatically, depending on the language. Work with your favorite applications: Easily cut and paste text into Microsoft® Office documents. (Limited to languages such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, European, Greek, Cyrillic and Turkish). Export Text Only documents in a variety of code pages, including Unicode. Pop Up Keyboard; Pop-up language keyboard gives you the option to type in your own language phonetically, without learning a new keyboard layout Email Support: Easily send and receive multi-lingual e-mail with Microsoft® Outlook (Receiver must also be using Global Writer) Communicate easily in more than 100 languages!: including Chinese: Simplified (Pinyin, Cantonese, and Wubi input methods) and Traditional (Pinyin, Changjie, and Zhuyin input methods), & Tibetan. (ISBN:) (For this item please quote stock ID 22093)

The latest edition of the original Pintone, a utility for typing pinyin with tone marks in romanised text. Users need only start the macro and then type the pinyin, with numbers following the syllables to indicate the tone: tone marks will appear automatically. Or a selection of previously typed pinyin text can be highlighted to convert to text with tone marks. (ISBN:0887273084) (For this item please quote stock ID 24015) ISBN: 0887273084

Ages 12-adult. Chinese Partner 6.0 for Windows 2000/XP is the ultimate global multilingual system for Chinese. Designed with powerful features and intuitive interface, it enables complex Asian language processing in standard English Windows as well as localised Windows. Chinese Partner 6.0 globalises Chinese in Windows and provides superior compatibility of multilingual processing to computer hardware, Windows platforms and Windows application software. You can easily edit and print Chinese and English texts into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, FrontPage, Sun StarOffice, Outlook, PageMaker, PhotoShop, PeachTree, Eudora, MSN Messenger and other MS compatible applications. The Chinese Partner CD includes a full set of Chinese fonts with Typical installation for 11 Chinese fonts. You may add more fonts to your system by selecting the Custom installation with a full set of 49 fonts available. Unicode and ANSI fonts. Fonts are provided in both Unicode and ANSI formats. Unicode font face names begin with TSC, such as TSC JSong (a simplified Chinese font) and TSC FMing (a traditional Chinese font). They are to be used in Unicode applications. Non-Unicode (ANSI) font face names begin with Chn. They are suitable for ANSI applications. The encoding standards supported are GB, GBK, Big5, and Big5+ encoding modes for Chinese. The traditional font, based on the BIG5 code , includes 13,000 Chinese characters and symbols. The simplified font, based on the GB code , includes 7,000 Chinese characters and symbols. Unicode is fast becoming the mainstream standard in the software industry. Applications such as those in Microsoft Office 2000/XP Suite are Unicode conformant and are suitable for processing multilingual documents. Non-Unicode ANSI applications are still supported. Legacy ANSI (non-Unicode) applications can be used in their native encoding standards. Examples: Adobe PageMaker and Eudora. The system allows the display and printing of Chinese to be independent of its internal code. The user may force display from simplified to traditional and vice versa by using the Display Chinese by feature in the Control Centre. The forced display function affects all current documents in a global fashion but their underlying code in the text remains unchanged. Single cursor text processing means cursor movements on any character work the same way as English characters. In the Unicode mode, the cursor will no longer walk into an East Asian character and there is no possibility of scrambling the text. This improvement is especially significant as more and more applications on the market are Unicode compliant and supported by the Chinese Partner. The Input Prompt Line allows total control of the input environment and enables the user to input CJK characters with ease. In addition, the Control Centre provides intuitive and powerful system functions. It occupies a very small space on the screen when floating and can be hidden as an icon on the Task bar. All functions of the Control Center can be accessed by mouse clicks or keystrokes.Variable size and floating feature meet users’ needs. Extensive Help system is ready to assist you at all times. Tip of the Day facilitates learning of the software. Utility Programs Super Code Converter TwinBridge Chinese Super Code Converter has three major functions. Each function can be performed alone or in conjunction with other functions. It converts the Chinese internal code of a file from one code standard to another. Super Code Converter enables file conversion among major Chinese code standards as well as among several content formats. It allows conversion among GB, BIG5, GBK, BIG5+ and Unicode documents in text (ASCII) file and in RTF (Rich Text Format) file. This is an important utility which helps convert existing documents to Unicode documents. The user can also convert a Unicode document to ANSI file format such as the GB and BIG5, so that the document becomes compatible with many systems currently in use. For example, GB and BIG5 Chinese documents can be processed by previous versions of TwinBridge Chinese Partner. It can add or remove space padding between Chinese characters for proper auto-text-wrapping in non-MS Office applications. It can convert a Chinese document written with TwinBridge Chinese Partner v4.x or earlier so that the document can be used in MS Office 2000/XP with Unicode format. Meta Converter In certain graphics applications, direct input of Chinese characters may not be possible. Meta Converter is designed to export Chinese characters to the Clipboard or a file in Windows Graphics Standard Meta Format (WMF). The user can then transfer the data to a graphics application such as CorelDraw and AutoCAD. Single-Byte Converter When a graphics format can not be used (such as the Text Path function in certain applications), the Single-Byte Converter can be employed as an alternative to the Meta Utility. Basically, the Single-Byte converter creates a new single-byte TrueType font (similar to the 'Symbol' font) based on the Chinese character input. Documents using a font thus created will always display properly on any Windows-based computer (provided the new font is delivered along with the document) because the character output is independent of any language support system. Please note that each font created by the Single-Byte Converter can only hold a maximum of 188 characters. Custom Chinese IME Generator The Chinese system in the Chinese Partner can simultaneously support three user-created input methods. The installed custom input methods, coding rules, and main features can all function correctly in the Chinese Partner. Additionally, TwinBridge Chinese system functions such as input method install/un-install, dictionary manager, sorting by usage frequency, short prompt, character association, and others can all be applied to the new input methods. (ISBN:) (For this item please quote stock ID 22091)