Composition Window
When using Microsoft IMEs to edit text, there will be a dotted line under the text, and the line is called Composition Window. You can choose, change, and edit text in the Composition Window until Enter key is pressed to output the text from the Composition Window or other output function is used, such as Sentence Complete Punctuation.
The Composition Window varies with IMEs you are using
| IME | Intelligent IME | Legacy IME |
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| Supported IMEs | Microsoft New Phonetic IME, Microsoft New ChangJie IME and Microsoft New Quick IME | Microsoft Phonetic IME, Microsoft ChangJie IME and Microsoft Quick IME |
Legacy IME:
Composition Window in Legacy IMEs only serves as a display window for Candidate list after input sequence are inputted. After a character is selected, the Composition Window closes until another character is entered.
Intelligent IME:
Microsoft Intelligent IMEs will modify characters or phrases according to your input and the context. The maximum length of the IME Composition Window is 31. When there are more than 31 characters, IME will output the preceding characters automatically. Pressing DOWN arrow key in composition window will open the Candidate list.