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sing the
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plified Chines e Input Method 73
Using Abbreviated Input
The ABC input
m
ode provide s two ways you can abbreviate entering characters.
Using Special Keys
The ABC input
m
ode defines several keys that you can use to perfor
m
special operations.
m To enter the last character you entered again, press the Control and hyphen
(
-
)
keys.
m To enter the Chinese sound represe nted by ü, press the
v key.
m To enter the Chinese nu
m
bers 1 th rough 9, press the
i key and a nu
m
ber key.
ABC Special Character Palettes
The ABC input
m
ode provide s a nu
m
ber of palettes that let you select and enter special
characters. The palettes contain punctuation, nu
m
bers,
R
o
m
an characters ,
G
reek characte rs,
and other sy
m
bols that you
m
ay n eed to enter in your docu
m
ent.
Press th ese keys to see o ne of the ABC special character palettes:
v1, v2, v3, v4, v5, v6, v7,
v8, v9.
Description
Press these
keys
For these
characters
Shift key
Press the
S
hift key w hile pressing the keys for the first
sound of each character in a co
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on phrase. The
selection palette appears sho wing phrases that
m
atch
the keys you have pressed.
ZG
Apostrophe key
Press the key for the first sound of a character, then
press the apostrophe key
(
’
)
. The selection palette
appears showing characters th at
m
atch the key.
Because ABC lets you press keys for several characters
before converting the
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, you can enter a phrase.
zh’g
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