Insert Cyrillic characters

[professor_tbone]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Power PC

Hello. In Word 2007 for the PC, it is possible to call up a character palette and insert Cyrillic letters into a Word document while keeping the input keyboard in English. In Word 2008 for the Mac, selecting Insert/Symbol only allows insertion of Roman letters when (Normal Text) is selected, or Greek letters when Symbol is selected. Consulting Help only offers the solution of changing the language of the keyboard input, which is not what I want to do, given that I don't have a Russian or bilingual keyboard. Is there a way for Word to offer inputting of individual Cyrillic letters in the same manner that is possible in the PC version of Word?

 

[thg]

. Is there a way for Word to offer inputting of individual Cyrillic letters in the same manner that is possible in the PC version of Word?

OS X has the Character Palette which you should be able to use for
inputting any Unicode characters in various apps. Usually you get it
by doing Edit > Special Characters. Or you can check its box in
system prefs/international/input menu and then select it from the
"flag" menu at the top right of the Finder.

In Character Palette, you would normally select View = code tables,
Tab = Unicode, range = 00000400 Cyrillic. You should be able to enter
a character by double clicking on it or by using a button at the
bottom right.