Typing in Mandarin
I've just started typing in Mandarin. How do I type the accent marks on the pinyin vowels? The ones that look like /, \, and V.

I'm also using a virtual keyboard. Is there some program that might make it more convenient?

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Typing in Mandarin
I've just started typing in Mandarin. How do I type the accent marks on the pinyin vowels? The ones that look like /, \, and V.

I'm also using a virtual keyboard. Is there some program that might make it more convenient?

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You don't really type Pinyin. You use Pinyin without tone marks as input system to type chinese characters.

But if you really want to type Pinyin there are afew option:

1. If I want tone marks I simply type the characters into https://translate.google.com - and then copy & paste the Pinyin

2. Another way is the Firefox Extentension abcTajpu. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/abctajpu/

3. Another Windows tool in http://www.pinyinjoe.com , which you can install on your PC.

I stick to https://translate.google.com though

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There are a lot of Chines input method, just search it by google and download one you like.

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There is a recent discussion about adding tone marks to Pinyin, where a number of recommendations have been made:
http://www.italki.com/discussion/78020

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You don't need to type the accent marks.
For example, if you want to type "我”, just type "wo".
You can use “搜狗拼音” on your computer.
http://pinyin.sogou.com/      click "立即下载“