Apple Chinese Language Kit - Manual (Page 77)

Using the Simplified Chinese Input Method 77
Entering Roman Characters
The Simplified Chinese Input Method provides several ways for you to enter Roman
characters while you are entering Chinese characters. For example, you might need to
include the name of a company or person in Roman characters in a business letter.
Entering Roman Characters While Using a Chinese Character Input Mode
While you are using the Chinese character input modes—Wubi Xing, Wubi Hua, ABC, or
Quwei—you have several ways to enter Roman characters in your document. You can choose
a Roman keyboard or the Roman input mode to enter the Roman characters, but entering
Roman characters while using the Chinese input mode is faster.
To enter Roman characters, you can do one of the following:
m
To enter one-byte Roman characters, press the Caps Lock key and type the Roman
characters you want to enter. To type uppercase characters, hold down the Shift key while
you type.
m To enter two-byte Roman characters for any of the Chinese input modes, choose Use Two
Byte Roman Characters from the Pencil menu.
m To enter uppercase, two-byte Roman characters while using the Wubi Xing or Wubi Hua
input modes, hold down the Shift key while typing.
Note: Be sure the Caps Lock key is not set.
m To enter Roman characters while using the ABC input mode, you can use the special
character palettes provided by the input mode. See “ABC Special Character Palettes” on
page 73.
About One-Byte and Two-Byte Roman Characters
The Chinese input modes allow you to enter Roman characters as one-byte characters or
two-byte characters. One-byte characters are the standard Roman characters. Two-byte
Roman characters consist of two bytes, like the Chinese characters, and have the same width.
This form of the Roman characters is useful for producing simple layouts and forms because
they align with the Chinese characters.
Important
The Chinese fonts include only the basic Roman characters. You cannot
enter Roman characters such as é or è unless you switch to a Roman keyboard.