snowleopard chinese trackpad handwriting

[mumuwenwu]

hello, Pink, turn on the handwriting in system preferences, and look for the keyboard shortcut for how to turn it on

[PinkSweetyGirly]

how do you get that open..what if you don't have that program???can you make a video on it???

[qwebnd]

Heyy i have a question about this. When you press ctrl+shift + space is to turn on the trackpad but sometimes it opens something else. i didnt do anything and i dont know what program is htat... it says "no program selected" on a dark background

[wangzheyou]

write nice

[calvinant317]

how do you choose the word that u want since the trackpad only allow you to write it. i cant even choose which word i want

[mumuwenwu]

lift your finger after you finish writing, then move it to the right corner of trackpad, and tap to select the word of your choice

[hellonearth001]

hi i just updated and i have cant seem to get this program up

[mumuwenwu]

lift your finger after you finish writing, then move it to the right corner of trackpad, and tap to select the word of your choice

[hellonearth001]

tnx can you use this for english?

[mumuwenwu]

what do you mean? there is no point to use trackpad handwriting for english, in my opinion.

[thebulletproofboy]

how come the trackpad screen doenst appear unless i'm in a text editing program?

it wont appear while im using safari but i can still write chinese (although i cant see what im writing)

[mumuwenwu]

Answer to your first question: you can bring up the trackpad screen any time you want, but only when you are input mode, you can actually use it to input Chinese or any other languages.

use shortcut ctrl+shift+space to bring it up.

[thebulletproofboy]

scrap that

it only appeared in my space 1

to fix it,

go to system preferences> spaces>application assignments (click the small + sign) go to "system>library>input methods>chinese handwrting" then choose all spaces

[mumuwenwu]

i see what you mean. i do all my work in space 1, i guess that's why i never run into the problem you had. thank you for sharing the solution!

[thebulletproofboy]

your welcome :D glad i could help

[thebulletproofboy]

oops. and you have to restart after that as well

[gbrandonwood]

I am in my last semester at the university of Louisville studying management and international business with my emphasis on Chinese. I think this will help a lot in my studies and future endeavors.

[mumuwenwu]

hi, Brandon, glad to hear that you are interested in Chinese. let me know if I can be of more help to you with that.

[gbrandonwood]

MUMUWENWU: Thank you soooo much for adding how to add the trackpad. Apple failed to include this in any directions and I couldn't find it on any forums. You are a lifesaver.

[mumuwenwu]

hey, brandon, glad that i helped. your name doesn't suggest any connections to chinese. out of curiosity, why are you trying to handwrite chinese?

[mumuwenwu]

hehe, as you can see from the other video i made, typing is at least 7 times faster than handwriting on macbook. handwriting is only suitable for people who don't know how to type, like my father.

[lulu321]

太慢了。

[mumuwenwu]

lift your figure and move it to the right side of the trackpad then tap gently

[ThaRadioKillaDream]

how do you press the word while it is in trackpad mode?

[mumuwenwu]

go to "system preferences" -> "language & text" -> "input sources" -> "Chinese: Trackpad handwriting" to add it. then use keyboard ctrl+shift+space or click the language icon to activate it.

[lynchdj]

where do you go to make that box appear so you can write in chinese?