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As you type, the character will “build” on the screen. It might be confusing at first, but just
keep typing. You do not have to “finish” a character. The keyboard input software knows
when to end your character as long as you have correctly typed it.
As you are typing, sometimes the 3rd key stroke gets added to the bottom of the first
character, EVEN though you want this to be the 1st stroke of the 2nd character. DO NOT
PANIC! Once you type the next vowel the 2nd character will be created. This is because
NO Korean character can have a CVCV combination. Once the software sees CVCV it
knows to make two characters. If it doesn’t type what you want it to… YOU have made a
mistake. You can always use backspace to erase just the last input.
F-2. Shift characters
The “double consonants” require the shift key to be pressed first. Or, in the case of “double
vowels”, two vowels in a row will be required to complete the vowel.
shift + = (again, once more)
shift + = (salty)
+ = (Tuesday)
+ = (Monday)
F-3. Shortcuts and the spacebar (Windows)
On a Windows PC, you can cycle installed language input methods by pressing “ALT” key
and ~ (top left key) at the same time. When in Korean mode you can toggle to English input
by hitting the RIGHT “ALT” key. The left one does NOT toggle. When you hit the space bar,
the character you are working on will immediately complete and a space will be added.
Until your character is
“complete” the underline will
show the current status.
In Korean mode you will type
each character part by
tapping each character.
You have to keep typing so
the input system knows how to
complete the first character.