Q. How do I write Chinese vertically in MS Word 2000 or 2002?  
       
  A. Both Microsoft Word 2000 and 2002 support text orientation for multilingual (including CJK) word processing. With a proper configuration of your system (Windows 2000 and XP), you can write CJK in the vertical direction.

Start MS Word and open a new document. Select Format from the menu bar. Look for “Text Direction” in the drop-down list. If this feature is active (i.e. clickable), please go directly to Step 4 below. If “Text Direction” is grayed out, follow the step-by-step instructions:

  
       
    1. Start>>(All) Programs>>Microsoft Office Tools>>Microsoft Office (or Office XP) Language Settings  
       
     
       
    2. You will be prompted to insert your Office 2000 or Office XP CD for copying required files to your system. When the file copying is completed, the “Microsoft Office Language Settings” dialog box will appear as shown below.  
       
     
       
    3. From the language list in the left box, choose the language(s) you want to use. For the Chinese language, please select both “Chinese (Simplified)” and “Chinese (Traditional).” Windows 2000 users click Apply. Windows XP users click the Add button (not shown in the figure above), and then click Apply.  
       
    4. After installing this feature, open MS Word. Select Format-->Text Direction from the menu bar to bring up the Text Direction dialog box as shown below.  
       
     
       
    In the Orientation field, select the text direction you want. Click OK. Now you can start typing CJK in the direction of your choice.