Menksoft was established in May 2002 by S. Soyolt. In 2003, it was evaluated as a major software enterprise of Inner Mongolia and one of the 20 largest private enterprises in Hohhot. In 2004, it gained the Gold Prize of INT'L Soft China. It is supported by the Chinese government.
The Mongolian code used in Menksoft Mongolian IMEs has become the de facto international code of Mongolian: the largest competitor of Menksoft in Mongolian script input domain — Saiyin — wrote a "howto" for users to use Saiyin code and Menksoft code in parallel, and says "What would you do if you've already installed and registered Saiyin IME, but you want to contribute for newspaper office? They do only accept Menksoft code. Saiyin has already settled this problem for you" on a page of its website called " How to use Saiyin IME with Menksoft in parallel." Besides the integrated code converter in Menksoft Mongolian IME, there is a standalone version converter which can convert almost every Mongolian script code, except Unicode. ;Input method series The Menksoft IMEs are a collection of Input method editors for typing Mongolian-related scripts such as Mongolian script, Uyghurjin script, Manchu script, and Xibe script.
Menksoft Mongolian Input method series
Menksoft Mongolian IME is the only free and widely used input method editor of Menksoft. Supported scripts include Mongolian, Uyghurjin, Manchu, Xibe, etc. The Menksoft IMEs make use of Private Use Areas of Unicode and the ChineseGB 18030 code that form the so-called "Menksoft Mongolian code". With the influence of Chinese input methods built-in whole sentence input pattern, the focus of Menksoft Mongolian IME is not placed on a Mongolian keyboard layout, but on phoneme pattern input methods, as they are more commonly used for Chinese language text.
Unicode was late to provide adequate support for the Mongolian script, where the first and as of 2009 only functional implementation is shipped with Windows Vista. This resulted in some popularity for the Menksoft IMEs in Inner Mongolia, where even the local government websites uses them. There is an English interface of Menksoft Mongolian IME, but Menksoft did not build an English installation program. People using operating systems without Chinese language support must use the Chinese installation programs and set the language settings to English interface through the language bar after installation. Menksoft is incompatible with Macintosh operating systems.
Menk Mongolian Whole-Word Input method
Based on research, Menk Mongolian Whole-Word Input method is said to be the first word input pattern input method for :Zh:拼音文字 in the world. In this method, you can type fewer letters than Menksoft Mongolian IME. For example, "sainjiyaga" in Menksoft Mongolian IME becomes "saijyg"; "erdemtu" becomes "eedt"; the word "Mongol" can be input by typing "mc;gv". Unlike Menksoft Mongolian IME, the whole-word input method is not freeware; it is a professional and educational edition. Supported scripts are Mongolian, clear, Manchu, and Xibe.
Menksoft default EUDC font, the only font support not only Hudum Mongolian, but also Todo, Manchu, Sibe, Uyghurjin, Phags-pa, Soyombo, Horizontal Square, etc. Not selectable in font list.
Menksoft Qagan is the standard font and looks similar to Menksoft.tte and Mongolian Baiti. Qagan means white in Mongolian. ;Standalone
