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Contents Preface About This Manual 7 Who Should Read This Manual? 7 Where to Get Help 7 1 About the Chinese Language Kit 9 What Is the Chinese Language Kit? 9 Writing-Based Input Systems 10 Sound-Based Input Systems 11 Other Features of the Chinese Language Kit 11 Other Chinese Language Kit Software 12 The Chinese Language Kit Fonts 12 The Localized SimpleText Programs 12 The Language Register Program 13 Chinese Utility Applications 13 What Are Scripts? 14 2 Installing and Setting Up the Software 15 System Requirements 15 Installing the Software 16 Where the Files Are Located 17 Using the Keyboard Menu 18 Displaying 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 Removing the Chinese Language Kit 21 3Using the Traditional Chinese Input Method 23 What Is the Traditional Chinese Input Method? 23 Starting to Use the Traditional Chinese Input Method 23 Step 1: Choose the Traditional Chinese Input Method 24 Step 2: Choose an Input Mode 25 Step 3: Choose Other Options and Preferences 25 Step 4: Enter the Character 25 Entering and Editing Characters 26 Entering Chinese Characters Using the Cangjie Input Mode 26 Entering Chinese Characters Using the Jianyi Input Mode 29 Entering Chinese Characters Using the Dayi Input Mode 31 Entering Chinese Characters Using the Pinyin Input Mode 34 Entering Chinese Characters Using the Zhuyin Input Mode 37 Entering Chinese Characters Using the Big5 Code Input Mode 39 Entering Roman Characters 40 Entering Punctuation, Symbols, Numbers, and Special Characters 41 Selecting and Editing Characters in a Document 42 Entering Your Own Chinese Characters 42 Using Palettes 44 Using the Input Palette and Inline Input 44 Using the Selection Palette 45 Using the Operation Palette 45 Using the Character Table 46 Finding the Input Code for a Character 47 Selecting Preferences 48 Selecting General Preferences 48 Selecting Dictionary Preferences 50 Selecting Input Mode Preferences 55 Resetting Default Preferences 55 4Using the Simplified Chinese Input Method 57 What Is the Simplified Chinese Input Method? 57 Starting to Use the Simplified Chinese Input Method 57 4 Contents Step 1: Choose the Simplified Chinese Input Method 58 Step 2: Choose an Input Mode 59 Step 3: Choose Other Options and Preferences 59 Step 4: Enter the Character 59 Entering and Editing Characters 60 Entering Chinese Characters Using the Wubi Xing Input Mode 60 Entering Chinese Characters Using the Wubi Hua Input Mode 64 Entering Chinese Characters Using the ABC Input Mode 66 Entering Chinese Characters Using the Quwei Input Mode 76 Entering Roman Characters 77 Entering Punctuation, Symbols, Numbers, and Special Characters 79 Selecting and Editing Characters in a Document 79 Entering Your Own Chinese Characters 80 Using Palettes 82 Using the Input Palette and Inline Input 82 Using the Selection Palette 83 Using the Operation Palette 83 Using the Character Table 84 Finding the Input Code for a Character 85 Selecting Preferences 86 Selecting General Preferences 87 Selecting ABC Preferences 88 Selecting Wubi Hua Preferences 89 Selecting Dictionary Preferences 90 Resetting Default Preferences 94 5 Troubleshooting 95 Appendix Phonetic Transcription Systems for Chinese 97 Phonetic Transcriptions 97 Wade-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 computer. It provides basic instructions for using the software to enter Chinese characters. Some of the procedures described in this manual require you to know how to write Chinese characters, construct characters using systems of radicals, or spell Chinese characters phonetically using Roman characters or Chinese symbols. To use the Chinese Language Kit you need to know how to use your Mac OS computer. If 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 determine 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 Apple software. http://www.apple.com/ 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 computer. You can use Chinese characters for the names of files and folders in 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 Language Kit software adapts your Roman-based keyboard so you can enter two-byte Chinese characters on your computer. This software is called an input method, which is based on Apple’s WorldScript technology. (For more information about this technology, see “What Are Scripts?” on page 14 of this chapter.) 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 related, they are different. Both the Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese input methods provide several input modes for entering characters. There 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 general 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. 9 Writing-Based Input Systems Simplified 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 represents a word. Chinese characters have three levels: strokes used to draw the characters; combinations of strokes which form simple graphic elements, called radicals, that make up the characters; and the whole character. Note: The word radical is also used to designate the root of a character. Writing-based input modes are either stroke-based or radical-based: m A stroke-based input system defines the basic strokes used to write Chinese characters and assigns the strokes to keys on the Roman-based keyboard. m A radical-based input system defines the radicals used to write Chinese characters and assigns the radicals to keys on the Roman-based keyboard. To enter a character, you type the keys for the strokes or radicals in the order specified by the input mode to compose the characters. This order is based on the way Chinese characters are written. To use a stroke or radical input system, you must know how to write Chinese, as well as understand how the input mode works. Stroke 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 Pinyin 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 example, 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.