Auxiliary Windows for the Korean Input Method

This section describes the four auxiliary windows available for the Korean input method.

Palette Auxiliary Window

The following buttons are available on the Palette Auxiliary window:

• Grabber – You click the left mouse button to move the palette from the grabber bar on the left.

• Input mode selector – Click this button to display a submenu with the following input mode options.

  • Normal Hangul input mode

  • Hex input mode (in KS X 1001)

  • Symbol input mode (in UTF-8)

  • Symbol input mode

• Half_width/Full_width mode selector. – Click this button to toggle between the half_width and the full_width input modes.

• Hangul to Hanja convertor – Click this button convert the Hangul characters in the preedit area to Hanja.

• Virtual Keyboard launcher – Click this button to show the virtual keyboard window.

• Utilities – Click this button to activate the Input Method Options Auxiliary window.

Input Method Options

Use the Options Auxiliary window to save your preference settings and to make the preferences available by default. To launch this window, click the Utilities button on the Palette Auxiliary window and select the Input Method Property Configuration menu.

The Options Auxiliary window appears.

You can specify the following options the Options Auxiliary window:

• Default Keyboard Layout

  • 2 Beol Sik

  • 3 Beol Sik 390

  • 3 Beol Sik final

• Default Hangul to Hanja conversion format

  • Hangul to Hanja

  • Hanja to Hangul (Hanja)

  • Hanja to Hangul (Hangul)

• Automatic commit on a character basis

  The option enables you to commit a character in the preedit buffer as soon as you completely enter the character.

• Automatic commit on a single-candidate conversion

  This option enables you to automatically commit Hanja when only a single candidate is available for the characters you want to convert.

Virtual Keyboard Auxiliary Window

To launch this window, click the Virtual Keyboard launcher in the Palette Auxiliary window. The auxiliary window appears for one of the following three virtual keyboards that you have selected as your default.

• 2 Beol Sik

• 3 Beol Sik 390

• 3 Beol Sik Final

Lookup Table Auxiliary Window

To launch this window, click the Utilities button in the Palette Auxiliary window and select the Code Point Table menu.

The Lookup Table Auxiliary Window appears.

To input any character of a table, double click the character or select the character and press the Insert button on the right side of the window.

Input Method Help

To launch this window, click the Utilities button in the Palette Auxiliary window and select the Input Method Help item. Information on the Korean input methods will appear in your web browser.