Apple Chinese Language Kit User Manual
Chinese
U
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Includes instructions for installing
and using your software
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Contents
Preface
About This Manual 7
W
ho Should Read This Manual? 7
W
here to Get Help 7
1 About the Chinese Language Kit 9
W
hat Is the Chinese Language Kit? 9
W
riting-Based Input Systems 10
S
ound-Based Input Systems 11
O
ther Features of the Chinese Language Kit 11
O
ther Chinese Language Kit Software 12
The Chinese Language Kit Fonts 12
The Localized SimpleText Programs 12
The Language Regis ter Program 13
Chinese Utility Applications 13
W
hat Are Scripts? 14
2 Installing and Setting Up the Software 15
S
ystem Requirements 15
Installing the Software 16
W
here the Files Are Located 17
U
sing the Keyboard Menu 18
D
isplaying Finder Names in Chinese 18
Changing Sorting Order With the Text Control Panel 19
Choosing a Language for an Application Program 20
Converting Plug-ins 20
3
Rem
oving the Chinese Language Kit 21
3Using the Traditional Chinese Input Method 23
W
hat Is the Traditional Chinese Input Met h od? 23
S
tarting to Use the Traditional Chinese Input M ethod 23
S
tep 1:
Choose the Traditional Chinese Input Method 24
S
tep 2:
Choose an Input Mode 25
S
tep 3:
Choose Other Options and Preferences 25
S
tep 4:
Enter the Character 25
Entering and Editing Characters 26
Entering Chinese Char acters Using the Cangjie Input Mode 26
Entering Chinese Char acters Using the Jianyi Input Mode 29
Entering Chinese Char acters Using the Dayi Input Mode 31
Entering Chinese Char acters Using the Pinyin Input Mode 34
Entering Chinese Characters Using the Zhuyin Input Mode 37
Entering Chinese Char acters Using the Big5 Code Input Mode 39
Entering Roman Characters 40
Entering Punctuation, Symbols, Numbers, and Special Characters 41
S
electing and Editing Characters in a Document 42
Entering Your Own Chinese Characters 42
U
sing Palette s 44
U
sing the Input Palett e and Inline Input 44
U
sing the Selection Palette 45
U
sing the Operation Palette 45
U
sing the Character Table 46
Finding the Input Code for a Character 47
S
electing Preferences 48
S
electing General Preferences 48
S
electing Dictionar y Preferences 50
S
electing Input Mode Preferences 55
R
esetting Default Preferences 55
4 Contents
4Using the Simplified Chinese Input Method 57
W
hat Is the Simplified Chinese Input Method? 57
S
tarting to Use the Simplified Chinese Input Me thod 57
S
tep 1:
Choose the Simplifie d Chinese Input Method 58
S
tep 2:
Choose an Input Mode 59
S
tep 3:
Choose Other Options and Preferences 59
S
tep 4:
Enter the Character 59
Entering and Editing Characters 60
Entering Chinese Char acters Using the Wubi Xing Input Mode 60
Entering Chinese Char acters Using the Wubi Hua Input Mode 64
Entering Chinese Char acters Using the ABC Input Mode 66
Entering Chinese Char acters Using the Quwei Input Mode 76
Entering Roman Characters 77
Entering Punctuation, Symbols, Numbers, and Special Characters 79
S
electing and Editing Characters in a Document 79
Entering Your Own Chinese Characters 80
U
sing Palette s 82
U
sing the Input Palett e and Inline Input 82
U
sing the Selection Palette 83
U
sing the Operation Palette 83
U
sing the Character Table 84
Finding the Input Code for a Character 85
S
electing Preferences 86
S
electing General Preferences 87
S
electing ABC Preferences 88
S
electing Wubi Hua Preferences 89
S
electing Dictionar y Preferences 90
R
esetting Default Preferences 94
5 Troubleshooting 95
Appendix
Phonetic Transcription Systems for Chinese 97
Phonetic Transcriptions 97
W
ade-Giles System Exceptions 100
Contents 5
PREFACE
About This Manual
Who Should Read This Manual?
This manual describes how to use the software provided with the Chinese Language Kit to
enter Chinese characters on your Mac OS
It provides basic instructions for us ing the softwar e to enter Chinese characters. Some of the
procedures described in this manual require you to know how to write Chinese characters,
construct characters using sy stems of radicals, or spell Chinese characters phonetically using
Rom
an characters or Chinese symbols.
computer.
To use the Chine se Language Kit y ou nee d to know how to use your Mac OS
you are not familiar with how to use your computer, see the manual that came with it.
You can use the Chinese Language Kit with application programs that are localized for
Chinese. To learn how to use these applications and to de termine whether they provide
special features for working with Chinese characters, see the manuals that came with the
applications.
Where to Get Help
The Apple World Wide Web site provides useful information about Apple’s products and
services, including help with solving problems you may have with your software. You may
also find recent updates to A pple software.
http://www.apple.com/
computer. If
7
CHAPTER
1
1
About the Chinese Language Kit
What Is the Chinese Language Kit?
The Chinese Language Kit provides software that allows you to enter Chinese characters on
your Mac OS
the Finder and as text in documents you create in your application programs.
Most computer keyboards are designed to type one-byte Roman characters. The Chinese
L
anguage Kit software adapts your Roman-based keyboard so you can enter two-byte
Chinese characters on your computer. This softwar e is called an
based on A pple’s WorldScript technology. (For more information about this technology, see
“What Are Scripts?”
The Chinese Language Kit provides two input methods for the two Chinese writing systems:
Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese. Each system uses many characters, and while the
characters in each system are relate d, they are different.
computer. You can use Chinese characters for the names of files and folders in
on page 14 of this chapte r.
input method,
)
which is
Both the Traditional Chine s e and Simplified Chinese input methods provide several
m
odes
for entering characters. Th ere are three types of input modes based on the way
characters are written, the way characters sound, and numeric codes for each character.
The next two sections provide gener al information about the writing-based and sound-based
input modes. See Chapter 3 for instructions on how to use the Traditional Chinese Input
Method and its input modes. See Chapter 4 for instructions on how to use the Simplified
Chinese Input Method and its input modes.
input
9
Writing-Based Input Systems
Sim
plified Chinese uses over 6,000 characters, while Traditional Chinese uses over 16,000
characters. These characters are used individually as words. In addition, two or three
characters can be combined to form a
phrase,
which r epres ents a word.
Chinese characters have three levels:
strokes which form simple g raphic elements, called
strokes
used to draw the char acters; combinations of
radic als,
that make up the characters;
and the whole character.
Note:
The word
W
riting-based input modes are either stroke-based or radical-based:
radic al
is also used to designate the root of a character.
m A stroke-based input system defines the basic st rokes us ed to wr ite Chinese characters
and assigns the stroke s to keys on the Roman-based keyboard.
m A radical-based input system defi nes the radicals used to write Chine s e characters and
assigns the radicals to keys on the Roman-based keyboard.
To enter a character, you type the keys for the strokes or rad icals in the order specified by the
input mode to compose the characters. This order is based on th e way Chinese characters
are written. To use a stroke or radical input system, you must know how to write Chine s e, as
well as understand how t he input mode works.
S
troke and radical input modes are popular with Chinese speakers because they are based on
writing the characters. They allow you to enter Chinese characters rapidly and without
converting them to a foreign writing system, as the Piny in input mode does.
Because these input modes define a limited number of strokes or radicals, they do not
include all the elements used in Chinese characters. In addition, it may not be clear which
stroke or radical to use for a character in some cases.
These input modes limit the number of strokes or radicals you can use to designate a
character. The limit can be less than the number of elements actually used to write the
character. For ex ample, the Wubi Hua input mode, which is a stroke input system, allows up
to five strokes for a character, but many Chinese characters require more than five strokes.
10 Chapter 1
Because of the se limitations, you may have to select the character you want from several
alternatives after you type the keys for the strokes or radicals that make up the character.
Sound-Based Input Systems
S
ound-based, or phonetic, input modes allow you to write the Chinese charact ers based on
how characters sound in Mandar in Chinese. There are two types:
m Typing specific key s for Chinese phonetic symbols
(
bo po mo fo
)
To use the Chinese phonetic symbols eff ectively, you need to know how to speak Chinese
characters and transcribe them into the phonetic symbols.
m Typing Roman characters to spell the Chinese characters using the Pinyin phonetic
transcription syste
m
Pinyin is popular with users who do not know how to write Chinese characters and may
have limited knowledge of how to pronounce Chinese words.
Because Chinese words are distinguished by subtle tonal variations that are difficult to
transcribe phonetically, many different Chinese characters have the same phonetic
spelling in Pinyin. When you enter the Pinyin for a Chinese character, the input system
often ident ifies many characters with that spelling and you must choos e the character you
want. For example, 34 Traditional Chinese characters are transcribed in Pinyin as “ren” and
appear as alternatives if you enter these Roman characters.
Note:
The Traditional Chinese Pinyin input mode allows you to enter a number f or the
tonal variation to narrow the list of alternatives.
Although entering Chinese using Pinyin requir es several steps, it allows people w h o are
not fluent in writing the language to create a Chinese-language document.
Other Features of the Chinese Language Kit
In addition to allowing you to enter Chinese characters, both the Traditional Chinese and
Sim
plified Chinese input methods provide other importan t features:
m an input mode that allows you to type Roman characters
m an input mode for entering AppleShare passwords
m a dictionary in which you can define your own words and phrases
m palettes for looking up the input keys for characters, punctuation, and symbols
m an opt ion to show the key combinations to enter characters in the selection palette
m an opt ion to display other characters frequently associated with a character yo u enter
About the Chinese Language K i t 11
Other Chinese Language Kit Software
The Chinese Language Kit includes other software to help you wor k with the input methods.
The Chinese Language Kit Fonts
The Chinese Language Kit provides fonts for Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese.
These fonts contain the Chinese characters that you will see in your documents on screen
and when you print the
Note:
The Chinese fonts include some Roman characters as one-byte and two-byte
m
.
characters.
The Traditional Chinese fonts are
m
Taipei,
a bitmap font
m
Apple LiSung Light,
m
Apple LiGothic Medium,
m
BiauKai,
a brushstroke-style TrueType font
a printing-style TrueType font
a bold TrueType font
The Simplified Chinese fonts are
m
Beijing,
m
S
m
Fang Song,
m
H
m
Kai,
a bitmap font
ong,
a printing-style TrueType font
a handwriting-style TrueType font
ei,
a bold-st yle TrueType font
a brushstroke-style TrueType font
12 Chapter 1
The Localized SimpleText Programs
The Chinese Language Kit includes two localized versions of Apple’s SimpleText application:
m Traditional Chinese SimpleText, localized w ith Traditional Chinese characters
mSimplified Chinese SimpleText, localized with Simplified Chinese characters
These programs allow you to write basic text documents. You can use them while you’re
learning to use the Chinese Language Kit input methods.
Note:
You can use any application that supports the WorldScript II technology with the
Chinese Language Kit. The prog ram does not need to be localized into Chinese.
The Language Register Program
Som
e programs are localized to display menus, dialog boxes, help balloons, and other items
in Chinese characters. However, if a program does not indicate to the system the language
and font to use to display these items, you will not see the localized version with the Chinese
L
anguage Kit installed.
Note:
You will see the localized version of the application if you have a vers ion of the Mac
OS localiz ed in Chinese installed o n your computer.
The Language Regis ter provided with the Chinese Language Kit le ts you register th ese
programs so that they display menus and other items in Chinese characters. To learn how to
use the Language Regis ter, see “Choosing a Language for an Application Program”
on page 20
in Chapter 2.
Chinese Utility Applications
The Chinese Language Kit includes several applications in the Chinese Utilities folder (in the
Apple Extras folde rs).
Program Description
TrueType Font Editor
Input Method Plug-in ConverterLets you convert a text file that specifies an input method plug-
Sam
ple (SC)
and Sample (TC
Sim
plified Chinese
D
ictionary Tool
(
filename“Sim
D
icTool”)
p. Chines e
The Traditional Chinese Dictionar y Tool (filename“Trad. Chinese DicTool”)
L
ets you create your own TrueType Chinese characters t hat you
can use in your documents
in so that it can be used with the input method. Plug-ins can
add input modes and other features to the input method.
)
Example plug-ins you can use to lear n how to write one
L
ets you create and edit dictionaries th at you can use with th e
Sim
plified Chinese Input Method
application is also
provided with the Chinese Language Kit and it continues to be used as the dictionary for the
Traditional Chinese Input Method. It’s in the Extensions folder.
About the Chinese Language K i t 13
What Are Scripts?
The input methods of the Chinese Language Kit are based on Apple’s WorldScript
technology. With WorldScript software known as
script systems
installed on your computer,
you can work with different languages and the writing systems they use.
A script system tells your computer a number of things, such as
m the characters the script contains and the keystrokes that produce each character
m the direction in which text flows (left to right or right to left
)
m how to sort words
m how to separate words and lines of text
m how to format dates, times, numbers, and currency
The script used by your system sof tware is your computer ’s
primary script.
It determines
the characters used in the menus, dialog boxes, and other items on your computer screen,
and the formats used for dates, times, numbers, and curre ncy.
For example, if y ou’re working in English, then the Roman script is your primary script. This
m
eans that the Roman character set is available to you and that text flows from left to right as
you type characters.
If you install a language kit that uses a different script, that script becomes a
secondary script
for your system. For example, when you install the Chinese Language Kit on a computer
using the Roman script as the primary script, Chinese is the secondar y script.
The same script can be used by several languages, if they shar e most of the same characters.
Following are some ex amples of scripts and some of the languages they support:
mRoman—French, Italian, Spanish, E nglish, and German
m Arabic—Arabic and Persian
m Cyrillic—R
mHebrew—H
m Indian—D
(
Punjabi
ussian, Ukrainian, Byelor uss ian, and Bulgarian
ebrew, Yiddish
evanagari (S
anskrit, Hindi, Marathi, and Nepali), Gujarati, and Gurmukhi
)
mJapanese
m Korean
m Thai
14 Chapter 1
The Chinese Language Kit provides two scripts: Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese.
Each of these scripts d efines a keyboard-based input method. You can install either script, or
both, on your computer.
CHAPTER
2
2
Installing and Setting Up the Software
This chapter describes the system requirements for using the Chinese Language Kit and
explains how to install the software on a computer. It also explains how to
m choose a keyboard layout or input method from the Keyboard menu
m use Chinese characters for file and folder names in the Finder
m select the behavior for the Traditional Chinese Input Method using the Text control panel
m registe r an application that is localized for Chinese using the Language Regis ter progra
System Requirements
To use the Chine se Language Kit, you ne ed the following hardware and software:
Item Requirement
m
Computer Mac OS
R
AM At least 12 megabytes (MB) of actual RAM
D
isk space (free
S
ystem software Version 7.6 or later
1
W
hen you are instal ling the software, the amount of dis k space required may be greater than the amount shown here because
the Insta ller program temporarily saves fi les it is replacing .
2
The amount of dis k space required may be less than 40 MB depending on the vers ion of system softwar e inst a lled on your
computer and the size of your hard disk.
1
)
–based w ith a 68030, 68040, or PowerPC™ microprocessor
U
sing Easy Install r equires up to 40 MB.
U
sing Custom Install to install
m the minimum Traditional Chinese Input Method requires 6 MB
m the minimum Simplified Chinese Input Method requires 4 MB
m the complete Traditional Chine s e Input Method requires 42 MB
m the complete Simplified Chinese Input Method r equires 37 MB
m the TrueType Font Editor application requires 17 kilobytes (K
2
)
15
Installing the Software
You install the Chinese Language Kit software using the Installer program located on the
Chinese Language Kit
Note:
You can install the Chinese Language Kit on a computer with a localized version of
system sof tware. If the computer has the Traditional Chinese Mac OS
CD-RO
M disc.
installed on it, you
cannot install t he Traditional Chinese Input Method or the Traditional Chin ese fonts on the
computer. If it has the Simplified Chinese Mac OS
installed, you cannot install the Simplified
Chinese Input Method or the Simplified Chinese fonts on the computer.
To install the Chinese Language Kit software, follow these steps:
1 Insert the
2
D
ouble -click the Installer icon.
3 Click Continue when the Installer dialog box appears.
4
R
ead t he License Agreement that appe ars, then click Agree to continue.
Chinese Langu age Kit
CD-RO
M disc in your CD-RO
M disc drive.
The Installer dialog box appears.
5 To install the basic software of the Chinese
L
anguage Kit, leave Easy Install selected.
Easy Install installs the Simplified Chinese Input Method, the Traditional Chinese Input
Method, three Simplified Chinese fonts, and three Traditional Chinese fonts.
If you know exactly which parts of the software you want to install, choose Custom Install
from the pop-up menu and select the software you want to install.
Warning If you install only the input
m
ethod fonts, you will not b e able to use the fonts,
and your system may not work properly.
If an item has a triangle next t o it, you can click the triangle to see the individual items that
are installed if you select the main item. You can sele ct the main item to install all the items
under it, or you can select individual items to install.
6 Make sure that the
D
estination Disk shows the hard disk on which you want to install the
software.
If the destination disk isn’t correct, click Switch Disk until the correct disk appears.
16 Chapter 2
7
W
hen you are ready, click Ins tall.
8 Follow the directions that appear onscreen.
9 If a
m
essage appears telling you that you need to restart your computer, click Restart.
Where the Files Are Located
The Chinese Language Kit installs files on the hard disk, in t he Mac OS R
ead Me fold er, in the
Apple Extras folder, and in the Extensions folder and Fonts folder in the System Folder.
Note:
The files installed in the Extensions fo lder de pend on the system sof tware you are
using. The following tables do not include these files.
The Read Me file is installed in the Mac OS R
ead folder (on your hard disk.
)
The Traditional Chinese Input Method us es th ese files:
Item Location
Fonts: Taipei, Apple LiSung, Apple LiGothic1Fonts folder (in the System Folder
Traditional Chinese SimpleText progra
L
anguage Register progra
Key Caps progra
m
m
2
m
H
ard disk
Apple Extras folder (on your hard disk
)
)
Chinese Utilities folder
Input Method Plug-in Converter progra
Sam
ple (TC
)
1
You can use Custom Install to install the BiauKa i font.
2
Key Caps is installed in the Apple Menu Items folder (in the System Folder) if an older version is already in the folder.
m
Chinese Utilities folder (in the Apple Extras folder
The Simplified Chinese Input Me thod uses these files:
)
Item Location
Fonts: Beijing, Kai, Song
Sim
plified Chinese SimpleText progra
L
anguage Register progra
Key Caps progra
1
m
m
2
m
Fonts folder
(
in the System Folder
H
ard disk
Apple E xtras folder
(
on your hard disk
)
)
Chinese Utilities folder
Input Method Plug-in Converter progra
Sam
ple (SC)
1
You can use Custom Install to install t he Fang Song and Hei fonts.
2
Key Caps is installed in the Apple Menu Items folder (in the System Folder) if an older version is already in the folder.
m
Chinese Utilities folder (in the Apple Extras folder
You can use Custom Install to install the TrueType Font Editor program. If you do, it’s in the
Chinese Utilities folder.
Installing and Setting Up the Software 17
)
Using the Keyboard Menu
After you install the Chinese Language Kit and restart your computer, the Keyboard menu
icon appears at the right end of the menu bar.
Keyboard menu icon
You use the Keyb oard menu to select the keyboard layout or input method you want to use.
The Keyboard menu has a section for each script installed on your computer. The section for
the primary script of your system sof tware appears at the top of the menu. If the primary
script of your system software is the Roman script, then the first section of the menu lists the
keyboard layouts available for Roman-based languages. After you install the Chinese
L
anguage Kit, a section appears at the bottom of the menu for each script yo u installed.
If the primary script of your system sof tware is either the Traditional Chinese or Simplified
Chinese script, then the section for that script appears at the top of the Keyboard menu. The
section for the other script appears at the bottom of the menu.
To s elect a keyboard layout or an input method, do one of the following :
m Choose the item from the menu.
m Type x–Option–Space bar to select the nex t item in the same section of the menu, if you
select the option in the Keyboard control panel.
m Type x–Space bar to select an item in the next section of the Keyboard menu.
18 Chapter 2
W
hen you choose a keyb oard layout or inpu t method, the icon for the Key board menu
changes to show the current selection.
Displaying Finder Names in Chinese
After you install the Chinese Language Kit, you can display file and folder names in the Finder
with Chinese characters. To do this, you must change the font used in the Finder. How you
do this depends on the version of the system sof tware you are using.
If you are using system software prior to version 8.0:
1 Choose Control Panels fro
2 Choose the font you want to use fro
m
the Apple (K) menu and open the Views control panel.
m
the “Font for views” pop-up menu.
m To use Traditional Chinese characters, choose Taipei or another Traditional Chinese font.
m To use Simplified Chinese characters, choose Beijing or another Simplified Chinese font.
3 Change the size of the font to 9 or 12 point.
4 Close the cont rol panel.
If you are using system software version 8.0 or later:
1 In the Finder, choose Pre ferences fro
m
the Edit menu.
2 Choose the font you want to use fro
m
the “Font for views” pop-up menu.
m To use Traditional Chinese characters, choose Taipei or another Traditional Chinese font.
m To use Simplified Chinese characters, choose Beijing or another Simplified Chinese font.
3 Change the size of the font to 9 or 12 point.
4 Close the Preferences window.
Because the Chinese fonts contain the most common Roman characters, file and folder
names in Roman characters will continue to be displayed correctly.
Important If the pri
J
apanese or Korean) or you use special characters (such as é)
m
ary script of your system sof tware is non-Roman (for example,
in file and folder names, those
file and folder names will not be displayed correctly.
Changing Sorting Order With the Text Control Panel
You can use the Text control panel to change the behavior of a script. This af fects
m the order in which text is sorted
m how uppercase and lowercase characters are converted
m how words are separated from one another
The Simplified Chinese Input Me thod provides only one sorting order. The Traditional
Chinese Input Method provides t h ree sorting orders. To change the sorting order for
Traditional Chinese, follow these steps:
1 Choose Control Panels fro
2 Choose Traditional Chinese fro
3 Choose the behavior you want to use fro
Choose this: To sort by this:
Code-order sor t The Big5 Code code number
R
adical-stroke sort
S
troke-radical sort
4 Close the Text control panel.
m
the Apple (K) menu and open the Text control panel.
m
the Script pop-up menu.
m
the Behavior pop-up menu.
R
adicals first, th en strokes
S
trokes first, then radicals
Installing and Setting Up the Software 19
Choosing a Language for an Application Program
If you open a program localiz ed in Chinese and it does not display menus, dialog boxes,
Balloon Help, and other items in Chinese characters, you should regist er th e program using
the Language Regis ter applicat ion.
To r egister a program localiz ed in Chinese, follow these steps:
1
O
pen the Language Regis ter program in the Apple Extras folder.
The Language Regis ter dialog b ox appears.
2 Choose the language to register the progra
m
with from the Language pop-up menu:
Traditional Chinese or Simplified Chinese.
3 Click
4 In the dialog box that appears, locate and select the application you want to register.
5 Click
6 Click
7 Click
R
egis ter.
R
egis ter.
O
K in the dialog box that appears.
O
K in the Language Regis ter dialog b ox to make Traditional Chinese or Simplified
Chinese th e default language use d b y the Language Regis ter applicat ion and to close the
application.
Click Cancel to close the application without changing the default language.
To register a program in the default language, drag the program to the Language Regis ter
application. You can make copies of the Language Regis ter applicat ion with different default
languages selected to re gister programs.
You can register a program with only one language. If you decide to register a program with a
different language after you have registered it with Traditional Chinese or Simplified Chinese,
follow this procedure and choose the language in step 2.
If you change the name of a program afte r you register it, it will no longer be r egistered.
20 Chapter 2
Converting Plug-ins
Plug-ins provide additional features and capabilities to the input methods. To create a plug-in
you specify what the plug-in does using a text file. See the “Sam
ple (SC)” or the “Sam
ple
(TC)” text files in the Chinese Utilit ies folder for an example of an inpu t method p lug-in.
W
hen you have created the plug-in text file, you need to convert it using the Input Method
Plug-in Converter program so that you can use it with the input method.
To convert a plug-in, follow these steps:
1
L
ocate and open the Input Method Plug-in Conver ter.
It is in the Chinese Utilit ies folder in the Apple Extras folder.
2 Choose
3 In the dialog box that appears, locate th e text file for the plug-in and open it.
O
pen from the File menu.
After you conver t a plug-in, place it in the Input Method Plug-in folder, which is in the
Extensions folder (in the System Folder) on your hard disk and restart your computer. If
there isn’t an Input Method Plug-in folder in the Extensions folder, create one.
Removing the Chinese Language Kit
If you decide you want to remove the Chinese Language Kit software, you use the s ame
Installer program you used to install the software.
To r emove the Chinese Language Kit software, follow these steps:
1 Insert the
2
D
ouble -click the Installer icon.
3 Click Continue when the Installer dialog box appears.
4 Click Agree when the
Chinese Language Kit
L
icense Agreement dialog box appears.
CD-RO
M disc in the CD-RO
M disc drive.
The Installer dialog box appears.
5 Choose Custo
6 Click to select the softw are you want to re
m Rem
ove from the pop-up menu.
m
ove.
Warning If you re
“
Minimum Traditional Chinese and Taipei Font” option and you do not remove the other
m
ove the “Minimum Simplified Chinese and Beijing Font” or the
input method fonts, you will not b e able to use the fonts and your system sof tware may
not work properly.
7 Make sure that the
D
estination Disk is the hard disk from which you want to remove the
Chinese Language Kit.
If the destination disk isn’t correct, click Switch Disk until the correct disk is shown.
8
W
hen you are ready, click Remove.
9 Follow any directions that appear o nscreen.
10
W
hen the Installer finishes, y ou may need to restart your computer.
Installing and Setting Up the Software 21
CHAPTER
3
3
U
sing the Traditional Chinese
Input Method
What Is the Traditional Chinese Input Method?
The Traditional Chinese Input Method allows you to enter traditional-style Chinese
characters, punctuation, and symbols. The Traditional Chinese Input Method includes over
13,000 traditional Chinese characters, which you can enter using one of several input modes.
The Traditional Chinese Input Method provides six input modes for entering Chinese
characters and the Password input mode for entering AppleShare passwords. In addition, the
input method allows y ou to
m open palettes for looking up and entering characters, punct uation marks, and symbols
m use dictionaries created with the Traditional Chinese Dictionar y Tool, create new
dictionaries, and add your own phrases to a dictionar y
m display the key combinations to enter characters in the character selection palette
m display characters frequently associated with a character y ou enter
This chapter describes how to use each input mode and the other features of the Traditional
Chinese Input Method.
Starting to Use the Traditional Chinese Input Method
To begin to use the Traditional Chinese Input Method, follow the s teps in this section.
Before yo u start:
Sim
pleText, so that you can enter Chinese char acters while learning to use the input method.
You may want to open an application, such as Traditional Chinese
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Traditional Chinese
Input Method
Step 1: Choose the Traditional Chinese Input Method
All input methods installed on your computer, including those of the Chinese Language Kit,
appear in th e Keyboard menu at the right side o f the menu bar.
If the primary script on your computer is the Roman script, the Keyboard menu shows
keyboard layouts at the top. The Chinese Language Kit input methods are near the bott om. If
the primary script of your system sof tware is the Traditional Chinese script, then the input
m
ethods appear at the top of the menu.
To use the Traditional Chinese Input Method, perform this step:
m Choose the Traditional Chinese Input Method from the Keyboard menu.
Keyboard menu
Keyboard layouts
(
L
ayouts available on your
computer may be different.
)
The Pencil menu appears in t he menu bar.
Pencil menu
Input modes
Choose here to view
the menu in English.
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Pencil menu
Input modes
Choose here to view
the menu in Chinese.
You use the Pencil menu to choose the input mode and other options you want to use for
the Traditional Chinese Input Method. Some commands are available only in certain input
m
odes.
Important
W
hen the Pencil menu appears, it is in Chines e. If you want to see the menu
items in English, choose Show English Menu from the menu.
W
hen the Pencil menu appears, the operation palette also appears. The operation palette lets
you perform some of the s ame tasks that you perform by choosing commands from the
Pencil menu.
Choose an input mode here.
Click here to see the Preferences di a log box.
Click here to open the Traditional Chinese Dictionary Tool application.
Click here to see the Character table.
Step 2: Choose an Input Mode
To choose the input mode you want to use, you can choose it from the Pencil menu, press
the keys shown next to the input mode in the Pencil menu, or choose it from the pop-up
m
enu in the operation palette.
Step 3: Choose Other Options and Preferences
After you choose an input mode, you may want to select other options or select prefere nces
using the Preferences dialog box. Some options affect the behavior of all the input modes,
while others are only available for certain input modes. See the next section, “Entering and
Editing Characters,” to learn about the options you can select for each input mode.
Step 4: Enter the Character
H
ow you enter characters depends on the input mode you are using. See the next section,
“
Entering and Editing Characters,” to learn how to enter characters using each o f the input
m
odes.
As you enter characters, you may se e one or more palettes:
m The input palette appears if the application or dialog box where you are entering
characters does not allow you to enter characters directly into a document or tex t box.
(See“U
sing the Input Palett e and Inline Input” on page 44.
)
m The selection palette appears if the input mode matches more than one Chinese
character with the keys you press. You can select and enter a character from the palette.
(See“U
sing the Selection Palette” on page 45.
)
If you choos e Show Input Keys from the Pencil menu, you see the keys fo r entering
characters in th e selection palette.
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sing the Traditional Chinese Input Method 25
Entering and Editing Characters
The Traditional Chinese Input Method provides the following input modes.
Input mode Method for entering characters
Cangjie Press keys for the radicals defined by the input mode to write
the character.
J
ianyi (simple Cangjie
D
ayi Press keys for the radicals defined by the input mode to write
Pinyin Press Roman keys to spell the char acter phonetically using the
Z
huyin Press keys for Chinese symbols
Big5 Code Type a hexadecimal code for the character.
)
Press keys for the first and last radicals defined by the Cangjie
input mode to write the character.
the character.
Pinyin t r anscription syste
m
.
(
bo po mo fo
)
to spell the
character phonetically.
Password Type an AppleShare password.
1
If your AppleShare password i s not accepted and you are sure you have typed the password correctly, choos e this input mode
befor e you enter the password agai n.
1
The following sections describe how to use each of the input modes provided with the
Traditional Chinese Input Method.
Entering Chinese Characters Using the Cangjie Input Mode
The Cangjie input mode is a writing-based input mode. To use the Cangjie input mode, you
need to know how to write Chinese characters using the radicals and the rules defined by the
input mode for composing Chinese characters.
Important This
m
anual explains how to use Cangjie with the Chinese Language Kit, but
does not explain how to use the Cangjie radicals. Several books are available in Chinese that
describe how to use Cangjie.
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Cangjie defines 24 radicals that you combine to specify characters. Each rad ical is assigned to
a ke y on the main k eyboard.
Q W E R
A S D F
Z X C V B N M ,
Y U I O P
T
H J K L
G
To enter a ch aracter using the Cangjie input mode, follow these steps:
1 Choose Cangjie fro
2
S
elect the options you want to use:
If you want to Do this:
S
ee the selection palette as soon
as you begin entering radicals
S
ee the keys to enter characters
in the selection palette
S
ee suggestions for subsequent
characters to enter
m
the Pencil menu.
Choose Preferences from the Pencil menu and select the Use
D
ynamic Search option. (S
on page 48.
)
ee “S
Choose Show Input Key s from the Pencil menu.
Choose Show Associated Words from the Pencil menu.
The selection palette appears after you enter a character
showing characters that commonly follow t he one you entered.
electing General Preferen ces
”
Kee p the input palette open
while entering characters
Kee p characters in the input
Choose Preferences from the Pencil menu and select the Keep
Input Palette Open option. (S
Preferences” on page 48.
ee “S
electing General
)
Choose Store Characters from the Pencil menu.
palette
U
se dictionary files Choose Preferences from the Pencil menu and select the
dictionar y files to use. (S
on page 50.
)
ee “S
electing Dictionary Preferences
”
The input keys for phrases in the dictionar y use the Dayi input
m
ode. To enter a phr ase from the dictionary using Cangjie,
choose Show Associated Words from the Pencil menu; th en
enter the first character in the phrase using Cangjie. The
selection palette shows the phrase for you to select.
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sing the Traditional Chinese Input Method 27
3 Press the keys for the radicals to enter the character.
You can use up to five keys to enter a character. The first two key s define the left or t op
component of the character, and the remaining keys define the other components of the
character.
If you don’t know which radical to use, press
z.
The input palette appears if the application you are using does not allow you to enter
characters directly into a document. (S
4
page 44.
D
)
o one of the following :
ee “U
sing the Input Palette and Inline Input” on
m Press Return to enter the character.
The Cangjie input mode searches for the first character that matches the one you
entered.
m Press the Space bar.
The Cangjie input mode searches for the first character that matches the one you
entered. If you entered the wildcard character (z), you see the selection palette.
m Press Enter to enter the radicals without converting them to a character.
5 If the selection palette appears, find the character you want to enter and click it t o enter it in
the document or input palette. (S
6 If you are using the input palette, press
ee “U
sing the Selection Palette” on page 45.
R
eturn or Enter to enter the character.
)
For example, press the following keys to ent er the characters for “Apple Computer”:
English
word
Apple ping
Chinese
character Pinyin
Cangjie
keys
tyhc
Cangjie
radicals
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guo
Computer dian
nao
wd
mbwu
bvvw
Entering Chinese Characters Using the Jianyi Input Mode
The Jianyi input mode is a simplified form of Cangjie. It uses the same radicals as Cangjie.
U
sing Jianyi to enter a character, you press the key for the first and last radicals that you
would en ter using Cangjie, unless you can specify the character with a single key.
Important This
m
anual explains how to use Jianyi with the Chinese Language Kit, but does
not explain how t o use the Jianyi radicals. Several books are available in Chinese that describe
how to use Jianyi.
Because you enter fewer keys to specify a character, the Jianyi input mode finds more
characters that match what you have ent ered, so the selection palette appears more
frequently.
To enter a character using the Jianyi input mode, follow these steps:
1 Choose
2
S
If you want to Do this:
S
as you begin entering radicals
S
in the selection palette
S
characters to enter
J
ianyi from the Pencil menu.
elect the options you want to use:
ee the selection palette as soon
ee the keys to enter characters
ee suggestions for subsequent
Choose Preferences from the Pencil menu and select the Use
D
ynamic Search option. (S
on page 48.
Choose Show Input Key s from the Pencil menu.
Choose Show Associated Words from the Pencil menu.
The selection palette appears after you enter a character
showing characters that commonly follow t he one you entered.
)
ee “S
electing General Preferen ces
”
Kee p the input palette open
while entering characters
Kee p characters in the input
palette
U
se dictionary files Choose Preferences from the Pencil menu and select the
Choose Preferences from the Pencil menu and select the Keep
Input Palette Open option. (S
Preferences” on page 48.
Choose Store Characters from the Pencil menu.
dictionar y files to use. (S
on page 50.
The input keys for phrases in the dictionar y use the Dayi input
m
ode. To enter a phr ase from the dictionary using Jianyi,
choose Show Associated Words from the Pencil menu; th en
enter the first character in the phrase using Jianyi. The selection
palette shows t he phrase for you to select.
)
U
ee “S
electing General
)
ee “S
electing Dictionary Preferences
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”
3 Press the keys for the radicals to enter the character.
U
nless you can specify th e character with a single key, press the key for the first and last
radical that specifie s the character.
The input palette will appear if the application you ar e using does not allow you to enter
characters directly into a document. (S
4
page 44.
D
)
o one of the following :
ee “U
sing the Input Palette and Inline Input” on
m Press Return to enter the character.
The Jianyi input mode enters the character specified by the rad icals that is most
frequently used.
m Press the Space bar to see the selection palette.
m Press Enter to enter the radicals without converting them to a character.
5 If the selection palette appears, find the character you want to enter and click it t o enter it in
the document or input palette. (S
ee “U
sing the Selection Palette” on page 45.
)
6 If you are using the input palette, press
R
eturn or Enter to enter the character.
For example, press the following keys to ent er the characters for “Apple Computer”:
English
word
Apple ping
Computer dian
Chinese
character Pinyin
guo
nao
Jianyi
keys
tc
wd
mu
bw
Jianyi
radicals
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