Having problems inputting new entries using IME

[sherpa_tan]

Hi,

I'm on a Mac and am a total newbie to this great program. So far, I've run into a few problems inputting words directly in the program using IME Mode:

1) "~ian". For example, "jian" doesn't come up with any words except "Ji'an". I noticed it happened with Bian, Dian, & Tian. However, "Lian" and "Mian" work fine.

2) "jue" also gives me a weird phrase that seems to break up the pinyin into "ju4 e2"

3) Probably some other ones, but once I ran into these, I started getting a little frustrated inputting my list.

Are there some special rules for inputting using the IME that I don't know about? Or a workaround? I'd appreciate any help! Thanks!!

[imron]

The default IME input on the Mac is terrible. Try installing something like QIM instead.