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CHAPTER
4
4
U
sing the
S
i
m
plified Chinese
Input Method
What Is the Simplified Chinese Input Method?
The
S
i
m
plified Chinese Input Met h od allows y ou to e nter the si
m
plified-style Chin ese
characters, so
m
eti
m
es called
“
G
B Chinese.
”
This writing syste
m
is the standard writing
syste
m
in China. It has
m
ore than 6, 700 characters
—
significantly few er characters than
Traditional Chines e.
The
S
i
m
plified Chinese Input Method provides four input
m
odes for entering Chinese
characters, one input
m
ode for entering
R
o
m
an characters, and the Password input
m
ode for
entering Apple
S
hare passwords. In addition, the input
m
ethod allows you to
m open palettes for looking up and entering characters, punctuation
m
ar ks, and sy
m
bols
m add your own phras es in Chinese and
R
o
m
an characters to the dictio nary
m use dictionaries created with the
S
i
m
plified Chinese
D
ictionary Tool, create new
dictio naries, and add your own phrases to a diction ary
m display the key co
m
binations to enter characters in the character selection palette
m display characters frequently asso ciated with a character you enter
This chapter describes how to use each input
m
ode and the other features of th e
S
i
m
plified
Chinese Input Method.
Starting to Use the Simplified Chinese Input Method
To begin to use the
S
i
m
plified Chinese Input Met h od, follow the steps in this section .
Before you start:
You
m
ay want to op en an application, such as
S
i
m
plified Chinese
S
i
m
pleText, so that you can enter Chinese characters while learning to use the input
m
ethod.
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