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IMESettings

System Script

The IMESettings script migrates the configuration for the Input Method Editor (IME). The IME is a program that allows computer users to enter complex characters and symbols, such as Japanese characters, using a standard keyboard.

Release Date

4/22/2004

Settings Description

• Japanese Input System
• Korean Input System
• Shared Settings
• Simplified Chinese Input System
• Traditional Chinese Input System (Array, Big5 Code, ChangJie, DaYi, New ChangJie, New Phonetic, Phonetic, Quick, and Unicode).

When you migrate, you are able to select from any of the following check boxes under Microsoft IME:

• Japanese input System Settings
• Korean Input System Settings
• Shared Settings
• Simplified Chinese Input System Settings
• Traditional Chinese Input System Settings (Array, Big5 Code, ChangJie, DaYi, New Changjie, New Phonetic, Phonetic, Quick, Unicode).

Limitations

• Simplified Chinese IME for locales MS PinYin. NeiMa, QuanPin, ShuangPin, and ZhengMa cannot be migrated.
• The migration of the CAPS and KANA toolbar buttons cannot be supported.
• The custom template color cannot be migrated from Windows 2000 to Windows XP.
• The settings from Chang Jie version 5.02 cannot be migrated to Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
• Dictionaries cannot be upgraded.
• Toolbar Minimization setting cannot be migrated.