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W
hen you finish e ntering the keys, press the
S
pace bar or
R
eturn.
The ABC input
m
ode searches in the character table for a character that
m
atches the one you
entered. In
m
ost cases
m
ore than one character will
m
atch the sequence you have e ntered,
so the selection palette appears.
If you have entered keys for a phrase, the selection palette shows the characters for the first
character you entered.
6
U
se the selection palette to select and enter the character you want.
(
S
ee
“
U
sing the
S
election Palette
”
on page 83.
)
If you have enter ed keys fo r a phras e, the selection palette shows the characters that
m
atch
the next characte r. You can continue selecting characters until you have finished entering th e
phrase.
For e xa
m
ple, press the following keys to enter t he characters for
“
Apple Co
m
puter
”
:
Using the ABC Double Type Input Mode
The ABC
D
ouble Type input
m
ode is used by professional typists to enter Chinese characters
quickly. It uses a co
m
bination of
S
tandard Pinyin,
S
i
m
plified Pinyin, and othe r ab breviations
for entering characters.
(
S
ee
“
U
sing
S
i
m
plified Pinyin
”
on page 70 and
“
U
sing Abbreviated
Input
”
on page 73.
)
Note:
You
m
ust know how to use
D
ouble Type.
The ABC
D
ouble Type input
m
ode also lets y ou enter characters by pressing keys for strokes,
either by the
m
selves or co
m
bined with Pinyin input keys.
(
S
ee
“
U
sing
S
troke Input
W
ith the
ABC Input Mode
”
on page 71.
)
To use ABC
D
ouble Type, you
m
ust select the
D
ouble Type option in the Preferences dialog
box to enter characters.
(
S
ee
“
S
electing ABC Preferences
”
on page 88.
)
W
hen you select this
option , the ABC
S
tandard co
mm
and changes to ABC
D
ouble Type.
English word Chinese character ABC keys (Pinyin)
Apple
ping
guo
Computer
dian
nao
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