Apple Chinese Language Kit - Manual (Page 35)

Using the Traditional Chinese Input Method 35
To enter Chinese characters using the Pinyin input mode, follow these steps:
1 Choose Pinyin from the Pencil menu.
2 Select the options you want to use:
3 Press the keys for the Roman characters that spell the character phonetically using the Pinyin
transcription system.
The input palette appears if the application you are using does not let you enter characters
directly into a document. (See “Using the Input Palette and Inline Input” on page 44.)
4 Press the Space bar or Return.
Press Enter to enter the Pinyin characters without converting them to a Chinese character.
If you want to Do this:
See the selection palette as soon
as you begin pressing keys Choose Preferences from the Pencil menu and select the Use
Dynamic Search option. (See “Selecting General Preferences”
on page 48.)
Enter characters using
Simplified Pinyin Choose Preferences from the Pencil menu and select the Use
Simplified Pinyin option. (See “Using Simplified Pinyin” on
page 36 and “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 Pinyin,
choose Show Associated Words from the Pencil menu; then
enter the first character in the phrase using Pinyin. The
selection palette shows the phrase for you to select.