Linguistics Word Macros

[Hewitt, Stephen]

I don't find it very difficult to gloss in Word - the only thing you have to do for the first two lines is:


·         Set automatic tabs at a relatively short space - 0.3 cm for instance

·         Use one tab instead of one space between words

·         Once you have typed the example line and the gloss line using tabs instead of spaces, select both lines and adjust your tabs to just after the long word (whether example or gloss)

·         Hey presto! Then you type your translation as your third line - it'sa EASY.

I have a simple macro which inserts (example number) + first line
+ second line
+ third line
With 0 points after and before + 6 pts before the first line and 6 pts after the third line - not very difficult to set up.

From: Discussion List for ALT [mailto:LINGTYP at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Kilu von Prince
Sent: 13 November 2013 15:12
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Subject: Re: Linguistics Word Macros

Dear Don,

as a (Xe)LaTeX user, I frequently encounter the same problem. To my knowledge, there is no truly efficient way to typeset glossed examples in Word, but at least you can use tables with invisible borders and optimal width to make sure that your examples won't completely blow up every time you open the document.

Best,
Kilu

On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Don Killian <donald.killian at helsinki.fi<mailto:donald.killian at helsinki.fi>> wrote:
Dear all,

I'm currently working on an article where the required formatting is in Word, a program I'm not very used to at this point.

I typically use LaTeX, a word processing program which has automated features for citations, glosses, references, table of contents, etc. Once you get used to everything done automatically, the idea of going back to doing everything manually is definitely not appealing.

Some of these can be handled in Word, such as the table of contents, but I admit that glossing is one area where I don't have any idea if it's possible to automate, and I'm reluctant to do everything manually. Changing the font or size can destroy layouts if you use manual tabs, and I know plenty of people who have spent immense amounts of time tweaking documents simply due to formatting issues.

So, my question: are there any macros for linguists which could help speed up writing documents when you're using Word?  Particularly for glossing?

Thanks for any suggestions you can give!

Best,

Don

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