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I need to transliterate from Arabic and don't have the letters I need in my
symbols. I need the letters s, d, t, and z with a dot underneath. How can I
create such new symbols?

Thank you!!
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Hi there! I'd be happy to help you create new symbols in Microsoft Word.

To add a dot underneath the letter "s" (or any other letter), you can use the Equation feature in Word. Here's how:
  1. Click on the Insert tab in the ribbon at the top of the screen.
  2. Click on the Equation button in the Symbols section.
  3. In the Equation Tools tab that appears, click on the Accent button in the Structures section.
  4. Choose the Underbar accent from the list.
  5. Type the letter "s" (or whichever letter you want to add the dot to) after the underbar accent.

This should create a dot underneath the letter "s". You can adjust the size and position of the dot by clicking on it and dragging it to the desired location.

To save this symbol for future use, you can click on the Equation button again and choose "Save Selection to Equation Gallery". Give your symbol a name and click "OK". Now you can easily insert it into your document by clicking on the Equation button and choosing your saved symbol from the "Equation Gallery" section.

I hope this helps you create the symbols you need for your transliteration!
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Hi amira,

Of course you can always search the internet for fonts that suit you.
An alternative is using ADVANCE fields (Insert | Field...), with which you
can combine characters.
For example:
Z{ ADVANCE \l 6 \d 5 }.{ ADVANCE \r 6 \u 5 }
places . under Z.

Copy your assembled characters to AutoText-fragments in your Normal.dot and
assign them to key-combinations.

Good luck,
Cooz
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"amira" wrote:

I need to transliterate from Arabic and don't have the letters I need in my
symbols. I need the letters s, d, t, and z with a dot underneath. How can I
create such new symbols?

Thank you!!

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The Cardo font (free download from the medieval typography crowd) has them.
Or you can use an EQ field to superimpose any two characters: {EQ \o (t,.) }
You'll need to lower the dot or raise the letter, or both, (Format Font
Character position) to make it work. Have created the field, set it up as a
AutoText so you can use it repeatedly.




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I need to transliterate from Arabic and don't have the letters I need in my
symbols. I need the letters s, d, t, and z with a dot underneath. How can
I
create such new symbols?

Thank you!!



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The characters you want are present in Arial Unicode as 1E0D (d), 1E63 (s),
1E6D (t), and 1E93 (z). Uppercase versions are also available. If you don't
want to use a different font, you can create these characters by combining
the letter with a period (full stop) or "middle dot" (00B7) using the EQ \o
field (see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm). There is a
"combining dot below" in "(normal text)" at 0323, but it is very small and
doesn't seem to center very well.

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I need to transliterate from Arabic and don't have the letters I need in

my
symbols. I need the letters s, d, t, and z with a dot underneath. How can

I
create such new symbols?

Thank you!!




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Hi Cooz,

Thanks so much for your response. I tried what you suggested but when the
letters appears with the dot, it says "ADVANCE" after the letter in the text.
How can I get rid of the "ADVANCE" and just have the letter?

Thank you very much.
I appreciate your help.
Amira

"Cooz" wrote:

Hi amira,

Of course you can always search the internet for fonts that suit you.
An alternative is using ADVANCE fields (Insert | Field...), with which you
can combine characters.
For example:
Z{ ADVANCE \l 6 \d 5 }.{ ADVANCE \r 6 \u 5 }
places . under Z.

Copy your assembled characters to AutoText-fragments in your Normal.dot and
assign them to key-combinations.

Good luck,
Cooz
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the Microsoft site, please click Yes to "Did this post answer the question?".
Thanks.


"amira" wrote:

I need to transliterate from Arabic and don't have the letters I need in my
symbols. I need the letters s, d, t, and z with a dot underneath. How can I
create such new symbols?

Thank you!!

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You need to used fields (ctrl-F9) not curly brackets entered from the
keyboard.



"amira" wrote in message
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Hi Cooz,

Thanks so much for your response. I tried what you suggested but when the
letters appears with the dot, it says "ADVANCE" after the letter in the
text.
How can I get rid of the "ADVANCE" and just have the letter?

Thank you very much.
I appreciate your help.
Amira

"Cooz" wrote:

Hi amira,

Of course you can always search the internet for fonts that suit you.
An alternative is using ADVANCE fields (Insert | Field...), with which
you
can combine characters.
For example:
Z{ ADVANCE \l 6 \d 5 }.{ ADVANCE \r 6 \u 5 }
places . under Z.

Copy your assembled characters to AutoText-fragments in your Normal.dot
and
assign them to key-combinations.

Good luck,
Cooz
--
PS: If this is a satisfying answer to your question and you're logged in
via
the Microsoft site, please click Yes to "Did this post answer the
question?".
Thanks.


"amira" wrote:

I need to transliterate from Arabic and don't have the letters I need
in my
symbols. I need the letters s, d, t, and z with a dot underneath. How
can I
create such new symbols?

Thank you!!



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I find that the simplest way is to insert it from the symbol menu. click "Insert", then "Symbol", then "More symbols", A dialogue box with symbols will pop up. Look for 'subset', on that menu, scroll up or down to select Latin Extended Additional. You are there. you can now scroll up or down to the letter you need. all the letters with dot bellow or above are there.

As you select a letter, the dialogue box gives you the shortcut ALT code

I hope that helps.

Nziwa


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Thank you!!
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