Orthography in MS Word

[Ian Robertson]

David,

Thanks for clarifying. My work-around is probably not what John was looking
for, and your solution will be helpful to me as well--at least in Word, and
possibly in my nahuatl vocabulary database as well.

Cheers, Ian

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Ian Robertson
Dept. of Anthropology
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ, 85287-2402
Ian.Robertson at asu.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: David L. Frye [mailto:dfrye at umich.edu]
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 8:54 AM
To: Ian Robertson
Cc: nahuat-l at mrs.umn.edu
Subject: RE: Orthography in MS Word


By "macron" do you mean a solid line above the letter? Typing ctrl-shift-:
followed by a vowel will give you the vowel with two dots above it (a
diaresis, I think it is called). There is no automatic key combo for a
macron, but you can easily set it up. Go to "Insert" then "Symbol",
make sure the "Font" says "normal text," then look for the letter you want
to insert. Click on it.

If you will be doing this often, you can set up a "Shortcut Key."
(Click on the button near the bottom of the Insert Symbol window.) The
natural combo for a macron would be ctrl-(hyphen)-A, etc. You will have to
set up each vowel separately.