<p>Under General Pinyin style, the character set could be been set to Traditional chinese.
Switch to Simplified chinese from there. <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/QQd3R.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/QQd3R.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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2020-03-20T02:52:26.600Z
2020-03-20T02:52:26.600Z
Lawrence
<p>I know this has been answered before but as of 08/12/2020, the simplified language pack can be switched to traditional either intentionally or not by pressing ctrl+shift+f and to stop your computer from doing this just do the following</p>
<p>Go to Language settings and click Options</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/0NKmP.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/0NKmP.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>and then click Microsoft Pinyin's Options button</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/vjMRQ.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/vjMRQ.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>Go to Keys</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/x79U7.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/x79U7.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>and then at the bottom you can disable this setting</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/orT4y.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/orT4y.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>This gave me a lot of headache as I needed to use simplified for my job.</p>

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2020-08-12T01:01:06.913Z
2020-08-12T01:01:06.913Z
Wax
<p>The Simplified Chinese Microsoft Pinyin IME is capable of both simplified and traditional characters. When you install it, it will be set for simplified characters. It is set up to toggle between simplified and traditional with the keybinding <kbd>ctrl</kbd><kbd>shift</kbd><kbd>F</kbd>. It is easy to do this accidentally if the IME is active and you do a "Find All" in Visual Studio or a similar program with the same keybinding.</p>

<p>You can toggle back by activating the IME (if necessary, using <kbd>Win</kbd><kbd>Space</kbd>) and then toggling back with <kbd>ctrl</kbd><kbd>shift</kbd><kbd>F</kbd>.</p>

<p>You can disable this key or change it to another letter (note, <kbd>ctrl</kbd><kbd>shift</kbd> is not optional!) by navigating to the keyboard options:</p>

<ul>
<li>Press <kbd>Win</kbd><kbd>S</kbd> and start typing "language" and select:</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/HKckG.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/HKckG.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<ul>
<li>Click on the language and it will expand and offer an "options" button:</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/B2S5g.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/B2S5g.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<ul>
<li>Now find the keyboards, click on the "Microsoft Pinyin" keyboard (probably the only one):</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/tyM6r.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/tyM6r.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<ul>
<li><strong>From there you can toggle back to simplified under "General" and modify the toggle binding at the bottom of "Keys"</strong></li>
</ul>

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2018-08-06T02:49:35.940Z
2018-08-06T02:49:35.940Z
Ben Jackson
<p>I tried to type 什么, but I got 什麽! It was working just a minute ago.  What happened?</p>

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Why is my Microsoft Pinyin IME suddenly making traditional characters instead of simplified?
# Why is my Microsoft Pinyin IME suddenly making traditional characters instead of simplified?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-08-06)

I tried to type 什么, but I got 什麽! It was working just a minute ago. What happened?

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2018-08-06. Score: 12 | Accepted answer

The Simplified Chinese Microsoft Pinyin IME is capable of both simplified and traditional characters. When you install it, it will be set for simplified characters. It is set up to toggle between simplified and traditional with the keybinding `ctrl``shift``F`. It is easy to do this accidentally if the IME is active and you do a "Find All" in Visual Studio or a similar program with the same keybinding.

You can toggle back by activating the IME (if necessary, using `Win``Space`) and then toggling back with `ctrl``shift``F`.

You can disable this key or change it to another letter (note, `ctrl``shift` is not optional!) by navigating to the keyboard options:

* Press `Win``S` and start typing "language" and select:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/HKckG.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/HKckG.png)

* Click on the language and it will expand and offer an "options" button:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/B2S5g.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/B2S5g.png)

* Now find the keyboards, click on the "Microsoft Pinyin" keyboard (probably the only one):

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/tyM6r.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/tyM6r.png)

* **From there you can toggle back to simplified under "General" and modify the toggle binding at the bottom of "Keys"**


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### Answer by username_1 on 2020-03-20. Score: 1

Under General Pinyin style, the character set could be been set to Traditional chinese.
Switch to Simplified chinese from there. [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/QQd3R.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/QQd3R.jpg)


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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-08-12. Score: 1

I know this has been answered before but as of 08/12/2020, the simplified language pack can be switched to traditional either intentionally or not by pressing ctrl+shift+f and to stop your computer from doing this just do the following

Go to Language settings and click Options

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/0NKmP.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/0NKmP.png)

and then click Microsoft Pinyin's Options button

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/vjMRQ.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/vjMRQ.png)

Go to Keys

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/x79U7.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/x79U7.png)

and then at the bottom you can disable this setting

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/orT4y.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/orT4y.png)

This gave me a lot of headache as I needed to use simplified for my job.


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