Inserting macrons

[OffRoadBob]

Is it possible to place macrons, that is marks directly above vowels to
indicate whether they are long or short? I tried Insert>Symbol, to no
avail, and superscript won't cut it. Is there a setting, preference, or
download, possibly for teachers, that may solve my problem?

 

[JE McGimpsey]

Is it possible to place macrons, that is marks directly above vowels to
indicate whether they are long or short? I tried Insert>Symbol, to no
avail, and superscript won't cut it. Is there a setting, preference, or
download, possibly for teachers, that may solve my problem?

You can roll your own. It looks like a lot of work, but it shouldn't
take more than a few minutes and will then work automatically. The key
is to make the macron an autocorrect item. See

http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=f77a2340.0202111558.1c4b2939@po
sting.google.com

FWIW, you could have found this yourself if you searched the archives:

http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search?q=group:*mac.office*

(bookmark it in your browser) using "macron" as a search string.

 

[Andreas Prilop]

Is it possible to place macrons, that is marks directly above vowels to
indicate whether they are long or short?

Mac Central European (MacCE) fonts include vowels with macron:
<http://www.unics.uni-hannover.de/nhtcapri/central-european.mac>