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Apple Chinese Language Kit User Manual

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Using the Simplified Chinese Input Method

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Editing a Dictionary File

You use the Simplified Chinese Dictionary Tool application to create your own dictionaries or
edit existing dictionaries.

To use the Simplified Chinese Dictionary Tool, follow these steps:

1

Double-click the Simp. Chinese DictTool icon.

The application is in the Chinese Utilities folder in the Apple Extras folder on your hard disk.
The Simplified Chinese Dictionary Tool application opens and its menu bar appears.

In addition, a new, Untitled SC Dictionary window appears.

Note: The information below the text box shows the number of phrases defined in the
dictionary, and the amount of free space available in the dictionary.

2

To create a new dictionary, go to step 3. If you want to open an existing dictionary to add
phrases to it, choose Open from the File menu. In the dialog box that appears, locate the
dictionary file and open it.

3

Choose the input mode you want to use to enter characters.

File menu

Edit menu

D

ictionary menu

Free space in the

dictionary shown here.

N

umber of phrases

in the dictionary

appears here.