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Google Input Tool

This document provides instructions for configuring and using Google Input Tools on Windows systems. It explains how to display the language bar, enable the language bar if it is not visible, set a shortcut key to open input tools, and lists steps for configuring these options in Windows 7/Vista and Windows XP. The document also gives a brief overview of the input tools and links to help pages for installation, configuration, and troubleshooting.

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Google Input Tool

This document provides instructions for configuring and using Google Input Tools on Windows systems. It explains how to display the language bar, enable the language bar if it is not visible, set a shortcut key to open input tools, and lists steps for configuring these options in Windows 7/Vista and Windows XP. The document also gives a brief overview of the input tools and links to help pages for installation, configuration, and troubleshooting.

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Overview
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o Installation
o Configuration
o Troubleshooting
o Windows XP
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Configuration
To use Google Input Tools with other applications, first open the application and then select the
input tool. Google Input Tools can be opened by clicking on the language bar on the desktop,
then selecting the input tool language icon. Alternatively, input tools can be enabled using a
shortcut key if it has been configured previously. To close an input tool, change the language in
language bar, right-click on the current application to see whether it supports 'Close IME' popup
menu option, or just close the current application).

Displaying Language Bar


On the desktop, right-click on the taskbar, then select Toolbars Language bar

Enabling Language Bar


If the 'Language bar' option is not visible in the 'Toolbars' menu, it needs to be enabled through
the Control Panel:

Windows 7/Vista
1. Navigate to the Control Panel Regional and Language Options Keyboard and
Languages tab
2. Click on the Change keyboards button and open the Text services and input
languages dialog
3. Navigate to Language Bar tab
4. Enable the radio button Docked in the taskbar under the Language Bar section
5. Apply all settings, then try to display the language bar as described in the previous
section.

Windows XP
1. Go to Control Panel Regional and Language Options Languages tab Text
services and input languages (Details) Advanced tab
2. Make sure that under System configuration, the option Turn off advanced text services
is not checked.
3. Go to Control Panel Regional and Language Options Languages tab Text
services and input languages (Details) Settings tab
4. Click Language Bar
5. Select Show the Language bar on the desktop. Click OK.
6. Go to Control Panel Regional and Language Options Languages Tab
7. Make sure that the option Install files for East Asian languages is checked in the
checkboxes. This requires installation of system files and the system will prompt for you
to insert the Operating System Disc.
8. If you are going to install IME for Indic languages or right-to-left languages, also make
sure that the option Install files for complex scripts and right to left languages is
checked in the checkboxes. This requires installation of system files and the system will
prompt for you to insert the Operating System Disc.
9. Apply all settings and try to display language bar as described in the previous section.

Input Tools Shortcut


A shortcut key sequence can be applied to input tools, which can be used to quickly enable them
for any in-focus application. To set up a shortcut, follow these steps:

Windows 7/Vista
1. Control Panel Regional and Language Options Keyboard and Languages tab
2. Click on Change keyboards button to open Text services and input languages dialog
3. Navigate to General tab
4. If Google [Language] Input is not listed in Installed Services box, then click Add; in
the Add Input language dialog box, go to the language for which you want to enable the
input tools in the languages tree and expand it. Check the checkbox next to Google
[Language] Input in the list.
5. Navigate to Advanced key settings tab
6. In Hot keys for input languages, select To [Language] - Google Input Tools
7. Press Change Key Sequence
8. Select Enable Key Sequence
9. Select a key sequence, such as Left ALT + SHIFT + Key 1
10. Apply all changes
11. Test the changes - open an application and press Left ALT + SHIFT + Key 1 (or your
custom shortcut) and the input tool should open.

Windows XP
1. Control Panel Regional and Language Options Languages tab Text services
and input languages (Details) Settings Tab
2. If either [Language] or Google [Language] Input is not listed in the Installed Services
box, then click Add and in the Add Input language dialog box select [Language] in
Input language and Google [Language] Input in Keyboard layout/IME. Click OK
3. Press Key Settings
4. In Hot keys for input languages, select Switch to [Language]-Google [Language]
Input
5. Press Change Key Sequence
6. Select Enable Key Sequence
7. Select a key sequence, such as Left ALT + SHIFT + Key 1
8. Apply all changes
9. Test the changes - open an application and press Left ALT + SHIFT + Key 1 (or your
custom shortcut) and the input tool should open.

Input methods in other languages:

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