What's New

Input Status Feedback: Please refer to Input Status Feedback for details.

Character Set: Add support for Unicode and CNS11643 to input more Chinese characters. Please refer to Character Set.

Sentence-final Particles support half-width punctuations: The previous version only supports full-width punctuations for Sentence-final particles, while this version supports both full-width and half-width punctuations.

Use SHIFT to confirm text before IP: Use SHIFT key to confirm the character in front of the inert point in the Composition Window without being affected by intelligent phrase selecting function.

Output Language: You can write articles in Simplified Chinese by using the phonetic symbols you are familiar with, no need to learning a Pinyin systems for Simplified Chinese. Please refer to Output Language.

Auto Input Switch: Microsoft New Phonetic IME will recognize automatically whether the text you input is Chinese or English. Please refer to Auto Input Switch.

Toneless Input: Press SPACE key to input continuously without entering any tone mark. Please refer to Toneless Input.

Leading Key Changes: Please refer to Leading Key Changes.

Intelligent Learning: Enable personal regulating (export, import) and New phrase learning can adjust the IME based on your personal preferences and frequently used phrases. In addition, you can use Learning Wizard to learn from existing documents and add frequently use phrases to User Phrase Tool. If you are using Microsoft New Phonetic IME in Microsoft Word, it will learn while you are typing or select a word or phrases automatically, it will increase accuracy.

Quick Correction Key: Using Windows Key + C or Ctrl + Alt + V, you don't need to manually enter the correct character again.

Punctuation Input: Use CTRL + Punctuation key to input punctuation symbols quickly.

Microsoft IME Pad can be used with Microsoft Intelligent IME to query characters you want to enter.

Like looking up in a dictionary, you can use Strokes or Radical to query and input characters. There are a number of Character List options. You can also use mouse, digital board or other input device to enter text with handwriting, you can select the desired character from the Candidate list in real-time and send the character to the text editor. Then use the right mouse button to view input sequence of that character (i.e. the reading or ChangJie radicals of the character).

Dictionary Lookup: Use Strokes or Radical to find the desired character. There are a number of Character List options provided.

Hand Writing: Use mouse, digital board or other input devices to enter text with handwriting, you can select the desired character from the Candidate list in real-time and send the character to the text editor.

CAC: Making recognition after each stroke is entered, and selecting the desired character in the Candidate list.

View Character Properties: Use the right mouse button to view detailed information about the character (i.e. the reading or ChangJie radicals of the character).