{"id":1486,"date":"2008-10-13T22:20:21","date_gmt":"2008-10-13T14:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/?p=1486"},"modified":"2017-09-14T12:38:23","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T04:38:23","slug":"new-tools-for-writing-pinyin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/2008\/new-tools-for-writing-pinyin\/","title":{"rendered":"new tools for writing Pinyin"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve received word from software writers of not one but two<\/em> useful new tools for writing Hanyu Pinyin with tone marks (i.e., not using Pinyin to enter Chinese characters but really writing Hanyu Pinyin texts). <\/p>\n

Pīnyīn Editor<\/a><\/strong>, by Bengt Moss-Petersen, is an online tool that currently works best with IE 6+ and Firefox. <\/p>\n

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(I made text much larger than the default size, since I had to reduce the image to make it fit in my blog. Users can choose among several sizes and fonts.) <\/p>\n

And Pinyin Builder<\/a><\/strong>, by Wayne Kirk, is freeware for Windows systems. <\/p>\n

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If you have an open Microsoft Office document, clicking Pinyin Builder’s “GO” button will insert your Pinyin text into that document. You don’t need to bother with copying and pasting. <\/p>\n

In both of these, \u00fc + tone mark<\/code> is produced by v + tone number<\/code>. Pinyin Builder also offers a combination using the CTRL key. <\/p>\n

The tone number can be entered either immediately after the vowel or later in the syllable (e.g., zho1ng<\/code>, zhong1<\/code>, and zhon1g<\/code> all yield “zhōng”<\/span>). Pinyin Editor also offers the option to simply click on buttons with the vowels and tone marks. <\/p>\n

I hope people make frequent use of both of these terrific new tools.<\/p>\n

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