Apple Chinese Language Kit - Manual (Page 27)

Using the Traditional Chinese Input Method 27
Cangjie defines 24 radicals that you combine to specify characters. Each radical is assigned to
a key on the main keyboard.
To enter a character using the Cangjie input mode, follow these steps:
1 Choose Cangjie from the Pencil menu.
2 Select the options you want to use:
Q W E R T Y U I O P
A S D F G H J K L
Z X C V B N M ,
If you want to Do this:
See the selection palette as soon
as you begin entering radicals Choose Preferences from the Pencil menu and select the Use
Dynamic Search option. (See “Selecting General Preferences”
on page 48.)
See the keys to enter characters
in the selection palette Choose Show Input Keys from the Pencil menu.
See suggestions for subsequent
characters to enter Choose Show Associated Words from the Pencil menu.
The selection palette appears after you enter a character
showing characters that commonly follow the one you entered.
Keep the input palette open
while entering characters Choose Preferences from the Pencil menu and select the Keep
Input Palette Open option. (See “Selecting General
Preferences” on page 48.)
Keep characters in the input
palette Choose Store Characters from the Pencil menu.
Use dictionary files Choose Preferences from the Pencil menu and select the
dictionary files to use. (See “Selecting Dictionary Preferences”
on page 50.)
The input keys for phrases in the dictionary use the Dayi input
mode. To enter a phrase from the dictionary using Cangjie,
choose Show Associated Words from the Pencil menu; then
enter the first character in the phrase using Cangjie. The
selection palette shows the phrase for you to select.