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Koneko -

Dear All,

Please can you teach me how to input the following Chinese punctuation marks (PC & Mac),

Enumeration comma 顿号
Middle dot 间隔号
Dash 破折号

I normally use comma (,) for the enumeration comma; full stop (.) for the middle dot; and six
minus signs for the dash (------)

I learnt from a similar thread posted by kaox0018 on 8 December 2006 that you could input the
enumeration comma by hitting the backslash (\) key for PC. Well, I've tried this on my PC but it
didn't work.

Do you know how can I overcome this problem?

Many thanks!
K.



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imron -

If you are using open punctuation mode in most PC Chinese input methods,
. produces 。
, produces ，
\ produces 、
shift-2 produces ·

(for windows input methods, typing ctrl-. usually toggles between open/closed punctuation)

It's slightly different on a Mac where,
/ produces 、

also usually, the —— is produced by typing _ (the underscore character), and shift-6 produces
……

Because each input method might be slightly different though, a good idea is to just open up
notepad, switch to open punctuation mode and then type all the punctuation keys (and then type
them all again, while holding shift). This is the easiest way to find out what keys do what.

On the PC it's important to make sure you are using open punctuation, otherwise the punctuation
marks will be the same as they are on the normal US/UK keyboard.

Most Chinese input methods on the Mac (or at least the ones I've used) always seem to use open
punctuation all the time.










Koneko -

Cheers mate!
Thanks for your help!

K.










tai4ji2x -

on windows, microsoft word, using the XP built-in IME, it doesn't seem to work when using
traditional character input, whereas it works fine for simplified.










tai4ji2x -

bump










ipsi() -

Should work fine with traditional - it does on my English Windows XP. If it doesn't, try ctrl + .
to change it. Otherwise, have a look at the IME bar, and see if the punctuation marks look like .,
or 。，. If it's the second, everything should work. If it's not, click on it.










tai4ji2x -

well, i have it at chinese (taiwan), and when i press "ctrl-period", nothing changes. if it means
anything, the language bar with chinese (prc) does include a "punctuation" option, whereas for
chinese (taiwan), i have: "microsoft new phonetic IME 2000a", "Chinese", "half shape", and "tools".












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