Apple Chinese Language Kit User Manual

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Chapter 3

To enter a Chinese character using the Zhuyin input mode, follow these steps:

Choose Zhuyin from the Pencil menu.

Select the options you want to use:

Press the keys for the Zhuyin phonetic symbols that spell the Chinese character phonetically
in Mandarin Chinese.
The input palette appears if the application you are using does not allow you to enter
characters directly into a document. (See “Using the Input Palette and Inline Input” on
page 44.)

Do one of the following:
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Press Return to enter the character if you are sure that the first character the input mode
will select is the one you want to enter.

Press the Space bar to see the selection palette.

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 Zhuyin,
choose Show Associated Words from the Pencil menu; then
enter the first character in the phrase using Zhuyin. The
selection palette shows the phrase for you to select.