Chinese and Cantonese Input Method User Guide
On your Mac, add input sources so you can use a standard keyboard to type in Chinese or Cantonese.
Changing Input Sources. If you want to use more than one language as you input source, for example the normal qwerty and possibly Dvorak, you can change this via the Language & Text Input Sources option. Here you can select all of the different languages you want, simply check the tick boxes. Changing Your Keyboard Layout on a Mac. To change your keyboard layout on a Mac, first open the System Preferences, then click open “Keyboard”. In the Keyboard preferences, click the “Input Sources” tab and then the “+” sign in the bottom left corner. To return to the normal option-key behaviour, access the “flag” menu and choose your usual input method. With default keyboard settings, you can now switch input methods by holding Command (⌘), tapping the spacebar one or more times until the desired method is selected, then releasing the Command key. Very broadly, we term any device you manipulate that causes letters to be typed, the cursor to move, external sounds recorded, or lines drawn an input device. The most common are the Mac’s.
On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Keyboard, then click Input Sources.
Click the Add button , select “Chinese, Traditional,” “Chinese, Simplified,” or “Cantonese, Traditional” (on the left), then select an input source in the list on the right.
Tip: You can add a handwriting input source even if there are no other input sources for that language. For example, you can add Handwriting - Cantonese when French is the only other input source added.
Click Add.
Note: If your Mac has a Touch Bar, you can customize the Control Strip by adding the Input Sources button , the Handwriting button , or both. To learn how to change the Control Strip, see Customize the Touch Bar.
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After you set up a Chinese or Cantonese input source, you can switch to the input source you want to use and then start typing Chinese or Cantonese characters.
How To Change Input Method On Mac Keyboard