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If you used a Global IME (Input Method Editor) 5.02 with a previous version of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Internet Explorer, or Microsoft Outlook® Express, it will not work after you have installed Office XP. You will need to download this updated version.

IMPORTANT This download is the Microsoft Office version of the Global IME (Traditional Chinese) IME. Microsoft Windows® also contains a version of this IME. If you are running Microsoft Windows® 2000, Microsoft Windows® XP, or Microsoft Windows® Server 2003, you do not need to download the Global IME (Traditional Chinese). We recommend that you use the Windows version of this IME instead.

For information about using Windows IMEs, see Windows Help.

Note Support is not available for the Windows IMEs in Windows Server 2003 or for future Windows 2000 or Windows XP Service Packs.

Use the Microsoft Global Input Method Editor for Office XP (Traditional Chinese) to input Traditional Chinese text in your documents, worksheets, presentations, mail messages, publications, and Web pages. After you have installed the Global IME, you just start your Office XP program, select Traditional Chinese from the Language bar, and you can type Traditional Chinese, regardless of the language version of Office XP or the operating system you are using.


Note   This download also works with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or later and Outlook Express 5.0 or later. However, if you are using Microsoft Windows® 2000 and Internet Explorer 5.5, you must install the latest Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack.


You can also use the Office XP Tool: Global IME (Simplified Chinese), the Office XP Tool: Global IME (Korean), and the Office XP Tool: Global IME (Japanese).

Before you install

Before you install the Global IME for Office XP, do the following:

1. Install Office XP (any language version).
2. If you have not installed a Global IME before, install the Speech or the Handwriting feature in the Office XP installation (Office Shared Features, Alternate User Input.)
3. If you are not running Windows 2000 AND you are not running a Traditional Chinese language version of the operating system, install the Office XP Tool: Traditional Chinese Language Pack.

   You must be logged on to your computer as a member of the Administrators group to install the Global IME.

Files

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Supported operating systems: Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT

• This download works with the following Office applications:
• Access 2002
• Excel 2002
• FrontPage 2002
• Office XP
• Outlook 2002
• PowerPoint 2002
• Publisher 2002
• Word 2002

To install this download

1. You may want to print this page to use as a reference when you are offline.
2. Be sure to complete the Before you install steps above.
3. Download the file from the Microsoft Office Tools on the Web site by clicking the Download link above and following the instructions in the dialog boxes.
4. Double-click the imecht.exe program file on your hard disk to start the setup program.
5. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.

Once you have installed the Global IME and started the Office XP program you want to type in, you can use the Language bar (appears by default in in the upper-right corner of the screen in any Office program) to switch between input languages and then select IME options.


If you do not see the Language bar in your program, you may not have the Office XP Speech or Handwriting feature installed. To install the Speech or Handwriting feature, do the following:

1. Quit all programs.
2. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon in the Windows Control Panel.
3. Do one of the following:
   • For Windows 2000 and Windows Millennium Edition: In the Currently installed programs box, click the name of your program, and then click the Change button.
   • For Windows 98 and Windows NT® 4.0: On the Install/Uninstall tab, click the name of your program, and then click the Add/Remove button.
4. In the program setup dialog box, select Add or Remove Features, and then click Next. In the Features to install list, click the plus sign next to Office Shared Features, then click the plus sign next to Alternate User Input. Click the icon next to Speech and then click Run from My Computer.

1. On the Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
3. In the Install/Uninstall list, select Traditional Chinese Input Method Editor, and then click Add/Remove.
4. Click Remove All.
5. Click Next.
6. Click Finish to complete and exit the installer.