How to display Pinyin in Word on a Mac?
DaveCragin
December 26, 2012, 08:06 PM posted in General DiscussionIn Windows XP, you can highlight characters and Word will give the pinyin for each.
Is there an easy way to do this with Word on a Mac?
I set up the Mac so I can enter pinyin to type hanzi. I need the reverse, i.e., for Word to display pinyin for hanzi.
(This works as a good study tool, i.e., when I get an e-mail in hanzi, I first try to read the characters. If I can't, I copy it into Word and read the message in pinyin. This way, I'm thinking in Chinese. The last resort is google translate).
(if you need instructions on switching in & out of hanzi in Windows, I can provide it. It's easy & requires no extra software. 很方便).
谢谢！
DaveCragin
December 27, 2012, 02:47 AMKarlovac - Thanks - you're right. I posted it to the wrong forum.
DaveCragin
December 27, 2012, 03:18 AMThe CP folks can delete this post if they want. I reposted it to the correct forum.
karlovac
December 26, 2012, 09:31 PMI didn't realize that the Windows version of Word had this feature. The Word (version 2011) on my Mac does not do this, although maybe you had to enable it somewhere? I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't present in the Mac Word; there are some differences between the two.
There is an app on the App Store called Pinyin, that seems to offer what you're looking for. I haven't tried it.
By the way, I think this group is about food :)