Typing pinyin with tone marks (NOT typing pinyin to get Chinese characters)
I want to type pinyin 'hao3' and have it automatically convert that to 'hǎo' in, for example, Skype. Please note that I am NOT asking to type pinyin and have it give Chinese characters, which is what most search results discuss.

I prefer to use what's built in to Windows 10. I found instructions online to get that working and followed those, but I got to a point where I could not make the selections on my computer that they gave online, so I think that those instructions are for an older version of Windows.

If I can't get it working using what's built in to Windows 10, I will consider free third-party downloads.

Any ideas?

Question

Typing pinyin with tone marks (NOT typing pinyin to get Chinese characters)
I want to type pinyin 'hao3' and have it automatically convert that to 'hǎo' in, for example, Skype. Please note that I am NOT asking to type pinyin and have it give Chinese characters, which is what most search results discuss.

I prefer to use what's built in to Windows 10. I found instructions online to get that working and followed those, but I got to a point where I could not make the selections on my computer that they gave online, so I think that those instructions are for an older version of Windows.

If I can't get it working using what's built in to Windows 10, I will consider free third-party downloads.

Any ideas?

Answer

Use Google Translate to type characters and copy-paste toned pinyin from the next window

two windows, Chinese and Chinese simplified
you type 词语 in the left window and get cíyǔ in the the right one

Answer

do you have a Pinyin input? there is a small screen list every letter with every tone...