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How do I include greek characters in my document
I have a translation from English into Greek and I wish to document both
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How do I include greek characters in my document
On Sat, 31 May 2008 10:25:01 -0700, Matt wrote:
I have a translation from English into Greek and I wish to document both versions. How do i go about this? Thanks Matt The Symbol font (one of the core Windows fonts) includes the standard Greek alphabet, at least the common letters used in mathematics, in the order that corresponds to the English alphabet (a = alpha, b = beta, etc.). Most common Unicode fonts, such as Arial, include a larger selection of Greek characters, including ones with accents. But because they're in a section of the font outside the normal keyboard characters, they're harder to use. See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...tSpecChars.htm for help with this. The best solution is to get an actual Greek font. Look at http://www.google.de/search?q=greek+font+download&hl=en for a selection of sites that offer such fonts. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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How do I include greek characters in my document
The best solution is to get an actual Greek font.
Nitpicking: Arial and Times New Roman *are* "actual Greek fonts"... You definitely don't want to use "Symbol" or some old Greek font with a proprietary coding, but want to use Unicode, if you need actual Greek text, rather than just a couple Greek symbols (say for math formulas). There are some specialized (Unicode) fonts for polytonic Greek, but for modern Greek, Arial/TNR will do fine. If you need to type a lot of Greek text, install in Windows (Control Panel Regional and Language settings) Greek with a Greek keyboard layout. Regards, Klaus |
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How do I include greek characters in my document
On May 31, 1:46*pm, Jay Freedman wrote:
On Sat, 31 May 2008 10:25:01 -0700, Matt wrote: I have a translation from English into Greek and I wish to document both versions. How do i go about this? Thanks Matt The Symbol font (one of the core Windows fonts) includes the standard Greek alphabet, at least the common letters used in mathematics, in the order that corresponds to the English alphabet (a = alpha, b = beta, etc.). Most common Unicode fonts, such as Arial, include a larger selection of Greek characters, including ones with accents. But because they're in a section of the font outside the normal keyboard characters, they're harder to use. Seehttp://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htmfor help with this. The best solution is to get an actual Greek font. Look athttp://www.google..de/search?q=greek+font+download&hl=enfor a selection of sites that offer such fonts. Symbol cannot be used for typing Greek, because it does not include the final-sigma letter, and it does not include even the one accent- mark used in Modern Greek. If you have Arial and Tahoma and Times Roman, you don't need to get any special fonts, but you need to activate the Greek IME and keyboard in order to get at the Greek characters without typing your entire file in the Insert Symbol tool. To do that in Windows XP, go to Start Control Panel Regional and Language Options Language Details Add and choose Greek from the dropdown list. then choose whichever keyboard you're used to. If you're typing Classical Greek, you have to pick Polytonic Greek to get all the accents. Ok your way out, and you'll find you have a "Language Bar" down in your status bar -- probably a little square that says EN. Click on that and change it to EL Greek. You can also toggle between the languages there by typing Alt-Shift. To see the keyboard for typing Greek, go to Start All Programs Accessories Accessibility On-Screen Keyboard. While you're in the document where you want to type Greek, choose EL Greek as your input language, and then when you move your cursor over the on-screen keyboard, it changes to Greek. The accent for Modern Greek is on the Q key. If you need all the Classical accents, it's a little more complicated and you'll want the documentation from Microsoft's website. |
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"grammatim" wrote: On May 31, 1:46 pm, Jay Freedman wrote: On Sat, 31 May 2008 10:25:01 -0700, Matt wrote: I have a translation from English into Greek and I wish to document both versions. How do i go about this? Thanks Matt The Symbol font (one of the core Windows fonts) includes the standard Greek alphabet, at least the common letters used in mathematics, in the order that corresponds to the English alphabet (a = alpha, b = beta, etc.). Most common Unicode fonts, such as Arial, include a larger selection of Greek characters, including ones with accents. But because they're in a section of the font outside the normal keyboard characters, they're harder to use. Seehttp://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htmfor help with this. The best solution is to get an actual Greek font. Look athttp://www.google..de/search?q=greek+font+download&hl=enfor a selection of sites that offer such fonts. Symbol cannot be used for typing Greek, because it does not include the final-sigma letter, and it does not include even the one accent- mark used in Modern Greek. If you have Arial and Tahoma and Times Roman, you don't need to get any special fonts, but you need to activate the Greek IME and keyboard in order to get at the Greek characters without typing your entire file in the Insert Symbol tool. To do that in Windows XP, go to Start Control Panel Regional and Language Options Language Details Add and choose Greek from the dropdown list. then choose whichever keyboard you're used to. If you're typing Classical Greek, you have to pick Polytonic Greek to get all the accents. Ok your way out, and you'll find you have a "Language Bar" down in your status bar -- probably a little square that says EN. Click on that and change it to EL Greek. You can also toggle between the languages there by typing Alt-Shift. To see the keyboard for typing Greek, go to Start All Programs Accessories Accessibility On-Screen Keyboard. While you're in the document where you want to type Greek, choose EL Greek as your input language, and then when you move your cursor over the on-screen keyboard, it changes to Greek. The accent for Modern Greek is on the Q key. If you need all the Classical accents, it's a little more complicated and you'll want the documentation from Microsoft's website. Could I just say thanks to everyone. I have to start the transcription, using the extensive greek alphabet, tomorrow. I haven't tried any of the solutions yet but I will get back and let you know which route was most appropriate for me. Once again Thanks |
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How do I include greek characters in my document
To: Matt,
Of course, if you could find your passage online, you could simply cut and paste the Greek text into Word. -Steven Craig Miller "Matt" wrote: I have a translation from English into Greek and I wish to document both versions. How do i go about this? Thanks Matt |
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If you have a lot of Greek typing to do, you could buy a Greek pattern
keyboard or a Greek/English keyboard so that you can easily see the keyboard layout, but a simple workaround until you become familiar with the layout is to display the on-screen keyboard from Windows Start All Programs Accessories Accessibility, which will reflect the currently active keyboard as described by Klaus. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Matt wrote: "grammatim" wrote: On May 31, 1:46 pm, Jay Freedman wrote: On Sat, 31 May 2008 10:25:01 -0700, Matt wrote: I have a translation from English into Greek and I wish to document both versions. How do i go about this? Thanks Matt The Symbol font (one of the core Windows fonts) includes the standard Greek alphabet, at least the common letters used in mathematics, in the order that corresponds to the English alphabet (a = alpha, b = beta, etc.). Most common Unicode fonts, such as Arial, include a larger selection of Greek characters, including ones with accents. But because they're in a section of the font outside the normal keyboard characters, they're harder to use. Seehttp://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htmfor help with this. The best solution is to get an actual Greek font. Look athttp://www.google..de/search?q=greek+font+download&hl=enfor a selection of sites that offer such fonts. Symbol cannot be used for typing Greek, because it does not include the final-sigma letter, and it does not include even the one accent- mark used in Modern Greek. If you have Arial and Tahoma and Times Roman, you don't need to get any special fonts, but you need to activate the Greek IME and keyboard in order to get at the Greek characters without typing your entire file in the Insert Symbol tool. To do that in Windows XP, go to Start Control Panel Regional and Language Options Language Details Add and choose Greek from the dropdown list. then choose whichever keyboard you're used to. If you're typing Classical Greek, you have to pick Polytonic Greek to get all the accents. Ok your way out, and you'll find you have a "Language Bar" down in your status bar -- probably a little square that says EN. Click on that and change it to EL Greek. You can also toggle between the languages there by typing Alt-Shift. To see the keyboard for typing Greek, go to Start All Programs Accessories Accessibility On-Screen Keyboard. While you're in the document where you want to type Greek, choose EL Greek as your input language, and then when you move your cursor over the on-screen keyboard, it changes to Greek. The accent for Modern Greek is on the Q key. If you need all the Classical accents, it's a little more complicated and you'll want the documentation from Microsoft's website. Could I just say thanks to everyone. I have to start the transcription, using the extensive greek alphabet, tomorrow. I haven't tried any of the solutions yet but I will get back and let you know which route was most appropriate for me. Once again Thanks |
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How do I include greek characters in my document
as described by Klaus.
.... done better by grammatim, who also described the on-screen keyboard. :-) Klaus |
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How do I include greek characters in my document
On Jun 1, 1:35*am, "Graham Mayor" wrote:
If you have a lot of Greek typing to do, you could buy a Greek pattern keyboard or a Greek/English keyboard so that you can easily see the keyboard layout, but a simple workaround until you become familiar with the layout is to display the on-screen keyboard from Windows Start All Programs Accessories Accessibility, which will reflect the currently active keyboard as described by Klaus. By whom? |
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How do I include greek characters in my document
grammatim wrote:
On Jun 1, 1:35 am, "Graham Mayor" wrote: If you have a lot of Greek typing to do, you could buy a Greek pattern keyboard or a Greek/English keyboard so that you can easily see the keyboard layout, but a simple workaround until you become familiar with the layout is to display the on-screen keyboard from Windows Start All Programs Accessories Accessibility, which will reflect the currently active keyboard as described by Klaus. By whom? By both of you ... but if you are desparate for the credit, better by you  -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org |
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