Entering Asian Characters - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Operating Manual

Dictionaries
The simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese dictionaries that are supplied can be expanded:
● If you enter new phonetic notations, the editor creates a new line. The entered phonetic
notation is broken down into known phonetic notations. Select the associated character for
each component. The compiled characters are displayed in the additional line. Accept the
new word into the dictionary and into the input field by pressing the <Input> key.
● Using any Unicode editor, you can enter new phonetic notations into a text file. These
phonetic notations are imported into the dictionary the next time that the input editor is
started.
2.4.12.2

Entering Asian characters

Precondition
The control has been switched over to Chinese.
Procedure
Editing characters using the Pinyin method
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Editing characters using the Zhuyin method (only traditional Chinese)
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1. Open the screen form and position the cursor on the input field.
Press the <Alt +S> keys.
The editor is displayed.
2. Enter the desired phonetic notation using Latin letters. Use the upper
input field for traditional Chinese.
3. Press the <Cursor down> key to reach the dictionary.
4. Keeping the <Cursor down> key pressed, displays all the entered pho‐
netic notations and the associated selection characters.
5. Press the <BACKSPACE> softkey to delete entered phonetic notations.
6. Press the number key to insert the associated character.
When a character is selected, the editor records the frequency with which
it is selected for a specific phonetic notation and offers this character at
the top of the list when the editor is next opened.
Introduction
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