Issues that you may experience when you use the Chinese Traditional DaYi (version 6.0) Input Method Editor (IME) or the Chinese Traditional Array (version 6.0) IME on a Windows Vista-based computer

When you use the Chinese Traditional DaYi (version 6.0) Input Method Editor (IME) or the Chinese Traditional Array (version 6.0) IME on a Windows Vista-based computer, you may experience the following issues:

• The associate phrase window will not automatically disappear after you switch the focus among the windows of a multi-window application, such as Microsoft Outlook.
• Redundant spaces appear before the characters that you type if you type the initial character immediately after a region boundary.
• The IME candidate window for symbols does not jump to the next page of the candidate list after you press the SPACEBAR. Therefore, you have to press PAGE DOWN to make the window jump to the next page.

Service pack information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows Vista. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Update information

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Update for Windows Vista (KB942642)

Download the Update for Windows Vista (KB942642) package now. (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=54D90D52-6A15-45ED-A562-490F10E9235B)

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB942642)

Download the Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB942642) package now. (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=00F836A8-6584-470D-BBFA-D05F68D6AD58)

Release Date: February 26, 2008

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Prerequisites

No prerequisites are required.

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this update.

Update replacement information

This update does not replace any other previously released updates.

Registry information

To use this update, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.

File information

The English version of this update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

Windows Vista, 32-bit versions

Windows Vista, 64-bit versions

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. This problem was first corrected in Windows Vista Service Pack 1.

The Chinese Traditional DaYi (version 6.0) IME and the Chinese Traditional Array (version 6.0) IME are IMEs that are provided by Windows Vista. However, the IMES are not installed by default. To add these IMEs, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, type intl.cpl in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
2. On the Keyboards and Languages tab, click Change keyboards.
3. On the General tab, click Add in the Installed services list.
4. Expand the Chinese (Taiwan) item, and then expand the Keyboard item.
5. Click to select the Chinese Traditional Array (version 6.0) check box and the Chinese Traditional Dayi (version 6.0) check box.
6. Click OK two times.

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