IPA Extensions for Microsoft Word?

Professor Annette Karmiloff-Smith a.karmiloff-smith at ich.ucl.ac.uk
Thu Jan 20 11:41:06 UTC 2005


I also find it is sometimes due to Mac<->PC conversions too.
Annette


At 11:29 +0000 20/1/05, Alcock, Katherine wrote:
>Because the SIL fonts are installed as extra fonts, it is possible
>to use them straight from the keyboard, too - you set your font to
>one of the SIL fonts, rather than Times or whatever, and then type a
>letter.
>
>However I have found that most journals seem not to be able to see
>these fonts when one sends them articles - on occasion, even pdf
>files seem not to have them at "their end" when I have them at "my
>end".  If anyone knows of a set of IPA fonts, or a way of rendering
>them, that means it is possible to get journal articles back without
>snitty comments from the editor about unreadable symbols, I'd be
>very happy to know it!
>
>Katie Alcock
>
>
>Katie Alcock, DPhil
>Lecturer
>Department of Psychology
>Lancaster University
>Fylde College
>Lancaster LA1 4YF
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: info-childes at mail.talkbank.org
>[mailto:info-childes at mail.talkbank.org]On Behalf Of Alison Crutchley
>Sent: 20 January 2005 09:25
>To: Brian MacWhinney; Peyton Todd; info-childes at mail.talkbank.org
>Subject: RE: IPA Extensions for Microsoft Word?
>
>I think it's worth mentioning that the IPA fonts can be downloaded
>direct from the SIL website and installed as Windows fonts so they
>come up in 'insert symbol', if simple Word documents are all that is
>required.
><http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=encore-ipa>http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=encore-ipa
>
>An alternative for Word docs is to use Jan Mulder's Phonmap - it
>doesn't have all the IPA symbols but is useful for transcribing
>English:
><http://janmulder.co.uk/Phonmap/>http://janmulder.co.uk/Phonmap/
>
>Best wishes, Alison Crutchley
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Brian MacWhinney [<mailto:macw at mac.com>mailto:macw at mac.com]
>Sent: 19 January 2005 22:32
>To: Peyton Todd; info-childes at mail.talkbank.org
>Subject: Re: IPA Extensions for Microsoft Word?
>
>
>Peyton,
>
>The most obvious solution is not a Word plug-in, but a Windows system
>extension called KeyMan by Tavultesoft.  For
>details, go to
><http://childes.psy.cmu.edu/tools/uniwin.html>http://childes.psy.cmu.edu/tools/uniwin.html
>and focus on the packaging of KeyMan created by SIL.
>
>If anyone knows of anything less byzantine than KeyMan, I would love to
>know about it.  The system for Mac is much easier
>to use.
>
>--Brian MacWhinney
>
>On Jan 19, 2005, at 5:12 PM, Peyton Todd wrote:
>
>>  Dear All,
>>
>>  Does anyone know of a plug-in one can get for Microsoft Word
>>  consisting of IPA symbols to insert into a document? Word's Insert -->
>>  Symbol feature has a lot of them built in (e.g. theta, thorn, schwa,
>>  and the voiced velar nasal), but most are missing. How do others solve
>>  this problem?
>>
>>  Thanks,
>>  Peyton Todd
>>  peytontodd at mindspring.com
>>
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