Subject: using Chinese Windows with Windows 3.1

From: Dorothy Day <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1992 16:30:45 EST

Some time ago I posted an enquiry requesting that others share their
experience using Microsoft's Chinese Windows 3.0C add-on with
MS Windows 3.1. A couple of people wrote that they were just getting
it installed and would report more later.

I'd like to repeat my request: would anyone who has had experience
using this combination please describe how well it works:

	- How large is the character database?

	- How easy is it to enter Chinese characters directly into MS
	  Word for Windows 2.0?

	- What other software works well under CWIN3?

	- Is there a program to use under Chinese Windows to allow
	  entry of both Chinese and Japanese text?

	- Has anyone tried instead to use the Japanese Windows 3.0
	  in order to get both Kanji (Hanzi) and Kana, both Chinese
	  cihui and Japanese kanji-kana compound words with full
	  inflection?

For comparison, has anyone tried to use a program like XLBR under
regular Windows 3.1, and then cut & paste Chinese text to MS Word or
other Windows word processor?

	- Do you have to first save the Chinese text as .PCX or other
	  standard graphics format before importing into Win Word 2.0?
	  (This seems far too awkward for daily use.)

	- How well can MS Word print text imported in this fashion?

What recommendations can anyone make for a combination of powerful,
flexible English-language word processor and Chinese text processor
for adding characters to the English text?

Let me stress the need for a character database that is large and
well-chosen for both modern and classical Chinese texts (literary and
historical). Many modern programs serve the needs of business and even
journalism well, but provide far too limited a vaocabulary base for
work in traditional (Ming-Qing and earlier) literature and history.
The size of the character base is perhaps separate from Windows
workability, but both are important requirements.

Thanks,
Dorothy Day, Indiana University
Bitnet: DAY@IUBACS
Internet: [email-masked]