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1. 1 2 www igchinese com When typing the following three Pinyin yi ying and yin the letter y may be omitted therefore yi may be input as i ying may be input as ing and yin may be input as in Rounded lip lu and nu respectively can be written as lyu and nyu or Iv and nv Alternate Tone Keys If you would like to input tones using keys that are more integrated with the keyboard as a whole you may input the following letters in place of numbers a 1 tone Space Bar b 2 tone d c 3 tone f d 4 tone j J e Neutral tone s 18 21 15 IQChinese Memorization tip notice that the natural sequence of the Alternate Tone Keys s d f j on the QWERTY keyboard offers a clue to each letter s corresponding tone number as shown below Tone number ascends neutral 2 gro qin tone tone tone tone pate fey tfPe feat eft The space bar is the easiest key to hit so associate easy with the number one Space bar 1 tone www igchinese com 19 21 15 IQChinese Chapter Three IQChinese Run Hotkey 3 1 Summary of Hotkeys Hotkey Function Explanation Hitting this key serves the function of ESC Cancel canceling out of most dialogs or windows opened in IQChinese Run This key toggles between Chinese and Caps Lock Chinese English Input English input jumps in and out of the2. 5 IQChinese lQChinese Run 2 0 Function Preview lQChinese Innovative Chinese Teaching amp Learning Solution http www iqchinese com www igchinese com 15 IQChinese Table of Content Chapter 1 Main Functions 1 1 Personal Setting 1 1 1 Input Method 1 1 2 Viewing on Text Bar 1 1 8 Output Code 1 1 4 Multi Pronunciation 1 1 5 Text Bar 1 1 6 Virtual Keyboard 1 2 English and Chinese Language Input Switch 1 3 Instant Pronunciation 1 4Block Reading 1 5Pop up Dictionary 1 6Punctuation Symbols Input Window 1 7Pinyin Class Chapter 2 Important keyboard input functions 2 1 Same Radical and Same Similar Pronunciation Reference Window 2 2 Display and select homonyms for character compound 2 3 Speed switching between character choices 2 4 I QChinese Run s Intelligent Learning of User s Frequent Input Patterns 2 5 I QChinese Run s Intelligent Compound Phrase Detection and Self correction Function 2 6 Additional typing shortcuts Chapter 3 IQChinese Run Hotkey 3 1 Summary of hotkeys www iqchinese com 2 21 15 IQChinese Chapter One Main Functions 1 1 Personal Setting iOChinese Run om Reader ne QRO es p e A Personal Setting Click on the Personal Settings button located on the IQChinese Run Tool Bar as shown above to open the Personal Settings page Fersonal Input Method is pinyin About This Viewing on Text Bar 6 Traditional Simplified About This Output Code
3. Simplified Simplified with pinyin f Traditional Traditional with pinyin Traditional with bopome About This Multi Pronunciation le On Off About This Text Bar 6 Floating Fixed About This Virtual Keyboard Le On fer Off About This Ok Cancel Apply Help www igchinese com 3 21 15 IQChinese 1 1 1 Input Method This setting allows you to choose between Bopomo or Pinyin as your mode of input A note to users Review the information located in the Pinyin Class Section 2 7 if you re not clear on what the difference between Bopomo and Pinyin is 1 1 2 Viewing on Text Bar lt is the Character View Mode on Text Bar that allows you to choose to view either Traditional or Simplified characters on the Text Bar Traditional Chinese Character on the Text Bar out GAN Simplified Chinese Character on the Text Bar A note to users What is viewed on the Text Bar DOES NOT determine which type of characters are actually output to your text editor This gives you the flexibility to view Traditional characters while outputting Simplified characters or vice versa See Output Code Section 2 1 3 for additional information www iqchinese com 4 21 15 IQChinese 1 1 3 Output Code Use this setting to choose any one of the following five options as the output text to your text editor 1 Traditional Chinese Character 2 Simplified Chinese Character 3 Trad
4. Text Bar Opens the window that displays PERAI rh ene information about your version of IQChinese Run Displays the Virtual Keyboard on your val PSE Open Virtual Keyboard screen Hitting this hotkey a second time closes this keyboard When inputting Chinese on the Text Bar hitting this key with the character Open the Same Radical highlighted searches for other characters and Same Similar with the same radical or same similar Pronunciation sound If you hit this key at the end of a Reference Window compound phrase IQChinese Run will automatically open this dialog for the last character typed When inputting Chinese on the Text Bar hitting this key with the character highlighted displays all the homonyms of Display homonyms for that character page by page If you hit POM OMMINGY individual characters this key at the end of a compound phrase IQChinese Run will automatically open this dialog for the last character typed Display and select After typing a character compound Arrow Down Key ai Arrow Up Key homonyms for character hitting this sequence of keys displays the compound homonyms for that character compound Space bar Speed switch between character choices CTRL 3 Arrow Up Key After typing a character if what is output is not desired then hit this key up to 5 times to alternate between 5 different preset choices This inputs the symbol for 3 tone CTRL 4 This inputs
5. the symbol for 4 tone This inputs the symbol for 2 tone This inputs the symbol for neutral tone CTRL 6 CTRL 8 www iqchinese com 20 21 15 IQChinese Additional Information Icon descriptions EN English language input ur Traditional Chinese language input w Simplified Chinese language input C Instant Pronunciation Off D Instant Pronunciation On D Block Reading Off a Block Reading On L Pop up Dictionary Off m Pop up Dictionary On C2 Punctuation Chart Di Personal Setting M User Manual M Pinyin Class Quiz IQChinese Quiz Quick Start Reader lIQChinese Reader Quick Start Connecting to www igchinese com IQChinese Run 2 0 Function Preview Copyright 2011 IQChinese All Rights Reserved www iqchinese com 21 21
6. d a is the icon you will see on the tool bar when you switch to Chinese input A note to users Using hotkey Caps Locks to switch between English and Chinese input language www igchinese com 9 21 5 1QChinese 1 3 Instant Pronunciation IQChinese Run Instant Pronunciation Off A CD Instant Pronunciation On Clicking on this button toggles between turning on or off the instant audio output to your computer speakers or headphone jacks of the pronunciation of each character typed 1 4 Block Reading IQChinese Run BU Reader NE DOSS wm 8 Block Reading Off D Block Reading On This button activates two functions simultaneously 1 reading aloud of a block of Chinese text and 2 creation of a Notepad file displaying the corresponding Pinyin of this block of Chinese text How to use the Block Reading function 1 Copy the block of text to the clipboard select the desired Chinese characters with your mouse and hit C while pressing down Cirl www iqchinese com 10 21 15 IQChinese Untitled Notepad Sele ESS DRE M IQChinese Run 5 Th a DOT Be Re Click on the Block Reading Button save the Notepad file under a new file name if you desire to keep this newly created Notepad file containing the Pinyin conversion of your block of Chinese text a D P Demo txt Notepad Sil File Edit Format View Help dian4 nao3 xue2 zhongl wen2 zhenl yo
7. e to users Notice on the Text Bar below that certain characters are underlined in blue this means that they are set character compounds When you add a character compound to IQChinese Run as in Example 2 above that compound will also be underlined in blue on the Text Bar whenever it is typed in the future www iqchinese com 17 21 FA gt 15 IQChinese lIQChinese Run s Intelligent Compound Phrase Detection and Self correction Function As you input one character compound after another on the Text Bar prior to pressing ENTER IQChinese Run will constantly self correct its character output to the Text Bar based on the meaning of your sentence as a whole Therefore the longer the sentence that you input to the Text Bar the more chance that IQChinese Run will be able to anticipate and self correct accurately In other words IQChinese Run may automatically change the character output of the beginning of a sentence you have input because the Pinyin or Bopomo that you input at the end of the phrase gives I QChinese Run clues to what the initial character compounds should logically be A note to users lf you are typing language which consists mainly of specific terminology the longer the sentence the better rule does not apply it is suggested that you keep your phrase input length short even to the point of hitting ENTER after each character compound input 2 5 Additional typing shortcuts
8. erfaces select the character either by using your mouse to click on the character OR by using the Arrow Up Down keys to navigate to the desired row and hit the letter that appears above the column of the desired character 14 21 15 IQChinese 2 2 Display and Select Homonyms for Character Compounds First hitting the Arrow Down key then immediately hitting the Arrow Up key displays the homonyms for a character compound From the list that appears select the desired compound by hitting the letter that appears in front of that compound Tip If you need to input a character for which you do not know the pronunciation use 1IQChinese Run s Same Similar Pronunciation and Radical Reference Window function as follows 1 Determine the unknown character s main radical then input the Pinyin or Bopomo for a character that you know has the same main radical 2 Press the Arrow Up key to bring up the Same Similar Pronunciation and Radical Reference Window Count the number of strokes of the unknown character subtract the strokes of the radical and based on this number accordingly scan the Same Similar Pronunciation and Radical Reference Window for the character If you do not see it on the first page keep clicking the Next button until you get to the page that lists the desired character Tip the characters are all arranged in ascending order according to number of strokes 3 Lastly click on the desired character to
9. ick on the left bottom most key labeled Close on the Virtual Keyboard or 2 reopen the Personal Settings window by clicking the Personal Settings icon on the toolbar then check the Off box next to Virtual Keyboard and finally click on Apply or OK or 3 use the following hotkey CTRL ALT K Virtual Keyboard for Pinyin given input method set as pinyin Ta 3 Peed ale See ol elsie B Tap Q w e R 1 vlulilolp FRE Iemen a s o rjojufs x a J ee x 2 1 ET TDR A note to users Review Section 2 1 1 for information about Input Method www iqchinese com 8 21 55 IQChinese 1 2English and Chinese Language Input Switch IQChinese Run DE Ann A amp EN English Input amp ua Traditional Chinese Input a Simplified Chinese Input This button enables you to switch your input language between English EN and Chinese either Traditional Chinese i or Simplified Chinese i Given Output Code is set as Traditional Chinese double clicking on this button toggles between Traditional Chinese and English E gt a When b is visible Traditional Chinese characters are the output text to text editor And when is visible your cursor jumps out of the Text Bar back to your text editor to allow you to type in English When Output Code is set as Simplified Chinese double clicking this button toggles between Simplified Chinese and English ui An
10. itional Chinese Character with Pinyin annotation 4 Traditional Chinese Character with Bopomo annotation 5 Simplified Chinese Character with Pinyin annotation Example Learning Chinese in different versions of output code Traditional Chinese Character BE bX Simplified Chinese Character FUP Traditional Chinese Character with Pinyin annotation xu 4 xi 7 zhong wen Traditional Chinese Character with Bopomo annotation F Tut E T P PAL XAD Simplified Chinese Character with Pinyin annotation xu 3 xi zhong x w n The Viewing on Text Bar does not necessarily have to be the same with Output Code This gives you the flexibility to view Traditional characters while outputting Simplified characters or vice versa Example Setting Traditional Chinese as Output Code and Simplified Chinese as Viewing on Text Bar www iqchinese com 5 21 15 IQChinese Untitled Notepad Slee File Edit Format View Help ee A Output Code set as Traditional Chinese a eH Viewing on Text Bar set as Simplified Chinese 1 1 4 Multi Pronunciation This setting allows you to turn on and off the drop down list of each character s possible pronunciations When checked as On whenever a character that has multiple pronunciations is input they are all displayed for your reference as either Pinyin or Bopomo depending on your Input Method setting refer back to Section 1 1 1 E
11. ng click on the button again 1 7 Pinyin Class IQChinese Run REDE 8 D Pinyin Class This is a special value added pre course offered to QChinese Run users to teach beginners the basics of Pinyin Users can learn Pinyin and Chinese keyboarding with it www igchinese com 13 21 15 IQChinese Chapter Two Important Keyboard Input Functions 2 1 Same Radical and Same Similar Pronunciation Reference Window 1 Same Radical Reference Window Hitting the Arrow Up key after inputting a character opens this window which displays the character s main radical this is the radical used to look up the character in a Chinese dictionary and lists all other characters with that same main radical Use the Next button to view even more characters with the same radical o n eme fs zhunl El Ft EE Selles si tons a J zong3 8 ee atime oe ae and ae ew oe E H E ih a amp b tk te e e ID RER E se ie 26 te b ele RE www iqchinese com Radical cancel back next Same Similar Pronunciation Reference Window With the Same Radical Reference Window open clicking on the Same Similar button opens this window which lists other characters with the identical Pinyin or that sound similar After finding the desired character using either of the above window int
12. nyin yi4ren2 the following is the default character compound order of appearance artist in English then 5 However you can change this default order very easily by using the Display and Select Homonyms for Character Compounds function refer back to Section 3 2 When you choose to output A from the homonym drop down list IQChinese Run automatically adjusts the first compound prompt to therefore first outputting Z A every time you input yi4ren2 in the future www iqchinese com 16 21 15 IQChinese PB Untitled Notepad File Edit Format View Help IQChinese Run E Example2 Adding new terms or phrases to IQChinese Run s database following the example above if you would like to add the character compound 3114 Job s tears a edible tropical Asian grass to the homonym choices for yi4ren2 is not in I QChinese Run s default database after typing the Pinyin yi4ren2 use the Arrow Left key to select the first of the two characters that appears in the Text Bar and hit the Arrow Down key to display the homonyms for the Pinyin yi4 To find i you will have to hit the Arrow Down key several more times to scroll through all of the homonyms When you find i to select it type the letter that appears in front of it This function is especially useful for adding Chinese names to the IQChinese Run database A not
13. output it to the Text Bar 2 3 Speed Switching between Character Choices A basic trait of the Chinese language is the potential for many homonyms for any given Pinyin syllable which makes typing the desired character on the first try sometimes very difficult QChinese Run offers a quick solution to this problem hitting the Space Bar quickly switches between the five highest frequency character choices for that Pinyin For example when the Pinyin ni3 is input hitting the Space Bar the first time displays fr as you masculine form in Chinese hitting the Space Bar again switches fr to wk which has the Pinyin ni3 and means you feminine form Hitting this key once again will give you another Chinese character that also has the Pinyin ni3 www iqchinese com 15 21 55 1IQChinese 1 Inputting ni3 the first candiate of character is fr Ni3 AN 2 Hitting Space Bar 3 The charcter switched to F ni3 UN D 2 4 IQChinese Run s Intelligent Learning of User s Frequent Input Patterns IQChinese Run keeps a running record of which character compounds you type most frequently and accordingly adjusts which character compound appears first when that Pinyin is input QChinese Run also can memorize new terms or phrases that you type by immediately adding them to the system database as follows 1 Example 1 Frequently input character compounds when you type the Pi
14. u3 qu IQChinese Run www igchinese com 11 21 15 IQChinese 1 5 1 6 Pop up Dictionary IQChinese Run BE Moader NEDSS p m e Pop up Dictionary Off ea Pop up Dictionary On Clicking on this button turns on or off the Pop up Dictionary function When toggled on for every Pinyin or Bopomo syllable input a reference list of corresponding definitions will pop up for the character just typed including the definitions of common compounds that are headed by that character the corresponding pinyin and English vocabularies Punctuation Symbols Input Window IQChinese Run ag Roader NEDSS p E amp Punctuation Chart This is the window from which all punctuation and special symbols can be accessed for input see illustration below Note that when this window is open regular input of Pinyin or Bopomo is disabled only the punctuation symbols appearing in the window can be input wWww igchinese com 12 21 5 1QChinese 4 ii PER Table AAA AE e back back next next 1 Clicking on the gt button at the end each row or the NEXT button brings up extended punctuation symbol input options 2 Either use the mouse to click directly on the punctuation symbol or use the scroll up down keys to move up and down the rows and then type the corresponding letter from the row heading 3 To exit from the Punctuation Symbols Input Window and resume normal typi
15. xample The character 7 has two pronunciations one as zhong1 and another as zhong4 When the function is turned on you should see the drop down list attached to the bottom of Text Bar www igchinese com 6 21 55 IQChinese 1 1 5 Text Bar Floating or Fixed Setting the Text Bar position Checking the box next Floating sets your Text Bar to automatically move with your cursor position while checking Fixed sets your Text Bar to be stationary on a desired area of your screen A note to users Please refer back to the Section 1 2 3 entitled How to Move and Resize it 1 1 6 Virtual Keyboard When this is turned on you are able to view a fully functional mouse controlled keyboard on your screen It is displayed on your screen by opening the Personal Settings window by clicking the Personal Settings icon on the toolbar then checking On box next to Virtual keyboard and finally clicking on Apply or OK There are two versions of Virtual Keyboard bopomo keyboard or pinyin keyboard If you set Bopomo Pinyin as the nout Method when you turn Virtual Keyboard On then Bopomo Pinyin Virtual Keyboard will be shown To input a letter or symbol using the Virtual Keyboard use your mouse to navigate the cursor arrow to the desired virtual key and left click the mouse button www iqchinese com 7 21 15 IQChinese There are three ways to close this keyboard 1 cl
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