Let's say you want to type in Chinese (or any other character-based language)
To type text on your computer in character-based languages, such as Chinese, follow these steps:
1. Add the language as an input language.
2. Change your input language to the language you installed.
3. Change your keyboard layout to the desired layout
In Windows 7 just follow these steps:
Control Panel - Clock, Language, and Region - Region and Language - Keyboards and Languages - Change keyboards... - click "Add" - "Chinese (Simplified) - Microsoft Pinyin New Experience Input St"
To type text on your computer in character-based languages, such as Chinese, follow these steps:
1. Add the language as an input language.
2. Change your input language to the language you installed.
3. Change your keyboard layout to the desired layout
In Windows 7 just follow these steps:
Control Panel - Clock, Language, and Region - Region and Language - Keyboards and Languages - Change keyboards... - click "Add" - "Chinese (Simplified) - Microsoft Pinyin New Experience Input St"