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  • AsianSuite2000 (Win) $ | Demo available
  • China News Digest (DOS) | Collection of programs
  • ChineseCompanion Multimedia System 2.2 (DOS)
    • The DOS-based ChineseCompanion 2.2 is a multimedia Chinese word and speech synthesis system which serves as Chinese word processor and a great tool for learning Chinese.
    • Program comes with some extra utilities such as an address book, calendar, BIG5/GB converter, etc.
  • DingDang Write (Win) | Shareware
    • 32-bit Chinese word processor that can work from English-based input (it can use PinYin, QuanPin, ShouWei, WuBi, CangJie, QuWei, English, Telecode, and GuangDongHua input methods).  You'll also find LianXiang support with on-the-fly dictionary updating; the ability to translate English letters to GB code in pure Chinese mode; Big5 to GB or GB to Big5; a simple English-to-Chinese translation conversion program; a font editor for creating new characters; and the ability to reveal the input code of the character under the cursor, which helps you learn the PinYin or CangJie code.
  • Ming-Chu Cheng-ho Chung-wen Hsi-t'ung (DOS)
    • A complete Chinese applications system, with system, text editor, lay out sheet, data base, drawing, and desktop publishing functions, based on the Cang-jie input system, with over 60,000 characters in three outline font styles.
  • C-WORD (CWD) (DOS) (Win)
    • A user-friendly, intuitive and powerful Chinese word processor that integrates the ability to input, edit and print Chinese text with a wide range of useful features including timer, finding English translation and exporting BMP files.
    • A E-C dictionary with 25,000 entries and a C-E dictionary are included.
    • CWD is a MS-DOS based application and generally runs well under MS-Windows Version 3.1 and up.
  • China News Digest (Win) | Source for Chinese fonts
  • DeskTop Publishing sources (Mac) $  Multiple levels offered:
    • CLK supports both simplified and traditional Chinese language on a non-Chinese system and on WorldScript Savvy applications.  Program supports GB and Big5 code sets. It also comes with Apple TrueType Chinese fonts: two Traditional (in Big5) and four Simplified (in GB).  However, there is no simple conversion utility on the Macintosh at present, between GB and Big-5 codes. Pacific Rim offers conversion services. The Chinese Talk (System 7.1CS & 7.5 CT) are available for people who want to work completely in Chinese on their Macintosh.
    • Chinese TurboWriter 2.3 (CD ROM) gives the best overall input system for Traditional and Simplified Chinese: it can do vertical layout, it has a built-in bilingual dictionary, and its formatted files will be accepted with layout into Pagemaker 5.0C/5.0J.  This new version of TurboWriter also allows the user to add in PinYin (including tone marks) when working in Simplified Chinese, or Zhu Yin annotation when working in Traditional Chinese.
    • The WinText 2.7 is multilingual and comes with a special set of Chinese input and editing tools (called Sindex) that are quite powerful and desirable for both simplified and traditional Chinese.  It can look up homonyms for Chinese characters in any document, can input by radicals, and punctuation.  It also has a FEP(Front End Processor) with a user dictionary that one can customize.  Wintext can handle Japanese and (Hebrew/Arabic) simultaneously with Chinese.
  • DingDanWrite (DOS) Zip file (285 Kb)
  • NJStar (Win) $ | Shareware: Information >> 1 | 2
    • Support both traditional Chinese characters (Hong Kong/Taiwan) and simplified Chinese characters (China/Singapore); convert/switch in between traditional and simplified Chinese on the fly with "one to many" artificial intelligence.
    • "Virtual Soft Keyboard" maps standard English/Western keyboard layout to Chinese keyboard.
    • Unicode RTF support - Open and save Chinese Rich Text Format (RTF) files that are compatible with Microsoft Word97 and Word2000; Copy formatted Chinese text in between NJStar and Word97 and/or Word2000; Copy and paste (into NJStar/Word97) formatted documents previously saved on Chinese Windows, and/or documents saved with other Japanese enabling software products.
    • Save as HTML, Send e-mail and copy text in different codes, Automatic wrap clipboard text.
    • Character Sets: Supports 13,000 Big5 and 6700 GB character sets.
    • Input Methods: Continuous Pinyin (LianPin), Standard Pinyin, Zhuyin, Cantonese, FiveStrokes, CangJi, Radical lookup, etc... Totally more than 20 methods. All methods comes with word association (LianXiang).
    • Chinese-English Dictionary: Chinese to English and English to Chinese two-way fast lookup, with 50,000 entries in the dictionary.
    •  Learning Chinese: with HanziInfo function; Converts a block of Chinese text to Pinyin with tone.
    • Bilingual Menu: Display menu items in either English (default), simplified Chinese or traditional Chinese.
    • File Conversion: Reads and Writes GB, Big5, HZ. Exports to Graphics format for other Windows desktop publishing software.
    • Fonts: Bitmap Fonts are supplied in Basic Version, NJStar True Type Chinese Fonts are supplied in Professional Versions.
    • Full 32-bit Windows program, works under Windows 95/98 and Windows NT/2000. No other software required. Comes with dockable toolbar, status bar, search bar, input bar and ruler.
    • Character Formatting: Multiple font faces and point sizes; Multiple foreground and background colors; Character styles include Bold, Italic, Underline. Superscript & Subscript.
    • Paragraph Formatting: Left Indentation, right Indentation, hanging Indentation, centering, left and/or right justification, double spacing.
    • Much more . . .
  • More information and utilities >> 1
 

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