You don't know the input function of the top ten useful functions

In addition to professional typing people who are also interested in the five-stroke input method, most of my friends, especially those who are lazy like the author, have used Pinyin input method as the preferred input tool. They rely on them to do various Chinese character input work during work and study.

After continuous improvement in recent years, the current popular Pinyin input methods not only perform well in the main functions, but also design many very useful humanized functions. Don't underestimate these detailed features, if you apply them properly, you can experience the surprise effect. Below, the author has selected 10 of them to cite the jade, for those who have not yet deeply understood the Pinyin input method as a reference.

1. Inserting the current date and time

When writing a document, a paper, or replying a letter, you often encounter the need to enter the current date and time. A long date and time is not only difficult to input, but also busy. For the modern people who are busy, it is not an easy task to remember the prison. However, don't worry, the Pinyin input method can help us remember.

The insertion date and time function of the Pinyin input method allows you to input more than a dozen characters with just two letters, which is very efficient.

Application example:

The Sogou input method provides users with a wealth of choices in terms of inserting the current date, for example, entering [rq] (the first letter of the date), and outputting the system date [2007 March 12].

Fig. 1, input rq

in the input dog [sj] (the first letter of time), output system time [March 12, 2007 15:28:19]; >
Figure 2, Sogou input sj

input [xq] (the first letter of the week), output system week [Monday, March 12, 2007];

In addition, Sogou input method also supports the full display of the year, month, day, hour, minute and second in the custom phrase.

Figure 3, user-defined display content

Another input method that supports inserting the current date is the Pinyin plus input method, but it only supports inserting the current date, for example, input [jt] (Today's initials), output system date [March 12, 2007].

Figure 4, Pinyin plus input jt

2. Custom Phrase

[o(∩_∩)o...haha][(*^__^*)嘻嘻......][╭∩╮()<)) Despise you! How is this cute character output? The answer is a custom phrase. A custom phrase is when you set a few characters to achieve longer input. It is very convenient to set a long paragraph that you use often as a custom phrase.

Application example:

The above three custom phrases that are especially popular with mm are supported by the Sogou input method by default. You can output haha, xixi, bsn when typing.

Figure 5, xixi

in the search for the dog also supports the custom phrase: purple, pinyin plus. For example, when you enter cctv, it will output [CCTV].

Figure 6, input cctv in purple light

Figure 7, input cctv in pinyin plus

In addition, since it is custom, that is, you are the master, you can also It is very convenient to set ancient poems, signature files, etc. as custom phrases.

The custom phrase Sogou supports up to 300 Chinese characters, and can specify the position, plus 64 Chinese characters, and purple light for 32 Chinese characters.

3. Stroke input

Pin-phone input method When the user encounters a word that cannot be read, the head is big, how to input it? It doesn't matter, you can use the stroke input, although it is used less, but it is very practical. Sogou, Gaga, and Smart ABC all support stroke input, that is, the same vertical and vertical folding rules are used to input Chinese characters. Violet has the function of inputting characters according to the radicals, and is similar to this function.

Application example:

Want to input [旻], but do not know the pronunciation, you can use the pinyin plus input [iszhhdh] (i is the guide button, the latter szhhdh is the vertical and vertical Strokes), you will see the [旻] word, and you can also see the pronunciation in the options, not only typing, but also learning to read the word!

Figure 8, the stroke input in the Pinyin Plus

The guide key in Sogou is u, the rest are the same.

4. Chinese uppercase

Chinese capital capitalization is used to automatically convert when inputting the amount, which can provide great convenience for financial workers.

Application example:

In the Sogou input method, enter [v6386.25], you can output [Lu Yi Sancha picking Lu Yuanjiao Wufen]. In addition, Sogou's v mode also supports 1-99 Roman numerals, such as [v13] can output [XIII]

Figure 9, Chinese digital capitalization

Figure 10, support Roman numerals

Purple Pinyin also supports Chinese uppercase letters. The guide word is u, but it does not support decimal points and Roman numerals.

5. Custom Punctuation

Punctuation schemes do not have a standard, such as the horn, useful slashes, and useful backslashes. If you can customize the punctuation, you can follow your own habits. Only Sogou, Ziguang, and Pinyin Plus support.

Application example:

Set *=× in the punctuation setting of the purple input method. When inputting *, you can output ×.

Sogou has a custom settings interface, you can manually select it, for the computer rookie, the modification is simple.

Figure 11, custom punctuation settings in Sogou

6. Professional vocabulary

No input method can cover all vocabulary. If your professional nature is very obvious, in order to make your Pinyin input method smarter and more able to spell out the phrases you need, you need to use the professional thesaurus. For example, chemical, medical, mechanical, etc. The professional vocabulary can also be a small category, such as the ancient poetry, the World of Warcraft lexicon.

Application examples:

If you often input ancient poems, you can download the 300 vocabulary of Tang poems in the forum of Pinyin Plus, so that you don’t have to choose words when you play Tang poems. !

In addition, Microsoft Pinyin 2007 is also very powerful in the professional thesaurus, as shown below.

Figure 12, professional dictionary settings in Microsoft Pinyin 2007

7. n-key long word function (also known as word association)

When you frequently enter a specific phrase For example, [Peking University Guanghua School of Management], if you have the n-key long word function, you can enter [bjdx], you can get [Peking University Guanghua School of Management]. This feature is equivalent to a custom phrase that is not set.

Application example:

The Sogou input method supports 4 key long words by default. For example, if you input [xylx], you can get the "heart and soul" in the second place.

Figure 13, n-key long word function in Sogou Pinyin

8. Special symbol input

Special symbols are inevitably input during the typing process. In addition to the cumbersome soft keyboard, the input method has been designed to facilitate the input of special symbols. It saves you from the troublesome steps of opening the soft keyboard, clicking and closing.

Application example:

Pinization plus, search for dog input [wjx], you can get [☆] and [★]

Figure 14, special under the dog pinyin Symbol input

Enter [xxxl] under Pinyin Plus to get a series of lowercase Greek letters.

Figure 15, Pinyin plus special symbols

9. Delete mis-written words

The selection of words in the input process is inevitable. Generally, words that have been entered once will often be entered again. The existing wrong words can seriously interfere with the typing speed. You can use the shortcut keys to delete these erroneous words.

Application example:

Use the shortcut key [Ctrl+Shift+number] under Sogou and Ziguang, and use [Ctrl+Number] in Pinyin Plus to delete the wrong word in the user's thesaurus. word.

Figure 16, Sogou delete mis-created words

In addition: It is worth mentioning that Sogou input method has created the function of [smart delete mis-created words], that is, after selecting the wrong word If you press the backspace key within 2 seconds, the wrong word will be automatically deleted. Since people often delete the wrong words when they use them, this function can automatically eliminate most of the wrong words.

10. Input Statistics

Input Statistics is a unique function of Sogou input method. You can view your own word count statistics and speed statistics. It's a pretty good feature. People who play blogs can see how many words they "crawl" every day.

Application example:

Click the menu of the status bar in the Sogou input method, and click [Enter Statistics] to see your statistics. Click Copy and you can also copy it. The statistical effect of the copy is as follows:

Figure 17, statistical effect

Third, which input method details can touch you more?

Having seen so many details, they can greatly improve the work efficiency in different aspects. I don't know if it will help you. In my opinion, the humanization of these details is absolutely absolute. It should not be ignored by software vendors. This is an indication of whether an input method manufacturer can truly design its own products for the user's point of view.

Even, these details will affect the user's choice of Pinyin input method in some cases. The so-called details determine success or failure, and this also applies to the Pinyin input method.

The following is the latest version of the current mainstream input method to support the top ten practical functions listed in this article, there is no comparative meaning, only for the reader can clearly understand the top ten practical functions in this article Support in Pinyin input method:

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