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It should be noted that the input must be carried out with the number pad (not with the numbers that can be found above the letters on the keyboard) and you have to activate the Num Pad (usually with the NUM LOCK key above the numeric keybad). For example, with ALT and 142 you can type the letter Ä.

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For that, keep the ALT key pressed and enter the decimal code of your character on the Num Pad. In many programs, such as OpenOffice, Word, Notepad or the Windows Editor, Unicode characters can be entered directly by using their character code. This article contains the following sections: In the section about fonts, you can read some information regarding this issue. Regardless of which method you use, the outcome always depends on whether there is a glyph available in the font you use. But what do you have to do, if you want to enter the other characters, too? There are several possibilities that are presented below. Last revised 2007 09 13.Of course, the input of more than 100,000 possible Unicode characters can not easily be done with a button on a conventional keyboard because keyboards can provide only a small selection of the most common characters - for all other characters there is simply no room. This works with any Unicode-enabled application, but not of course with those that are not Unicode-compliant.

to create a Word document with the string of symbols you want, and then copy (ctrl-C) and paste (ctrl-V) them into Excel/Powerpoint etc.

to use method 2(a) above (for a single symbol).

In Word, you should disable certain AutoCorrect functions that will otherwise automatically make undesirable symbol changes, notably the "correcting" of i to I (since you may want to use the phonetic symbol i on its own).īe careful over confusingly similar phonetic symbols. So if you want the rest to be in Times New Roman size 12, for example, set the Lucida Sans Unicode to size 10. If you mix it with other fonts it may disturb the line height.

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(Windows PC only.)Īdvantages: easy, using the chart supplied does not require knowledge of Unicode numbers.ĭisadvantages: you have to toggle into and out of the special keyboard.

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I recommend Mark Huckvale’s Unicode Phonetic Keyboard, which you can download free from here.

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You can install a virtual keyboard allowing you to access phonetic symbols by using the ordinary keys. Does not work with previous versions of Word. (A complete list of the hex numbers of phonetic symbols.)Īdvantages: easy, if you know the number.ĭisadvantages: you need to know the number. The Unicode number must be in hexadecimal form e.g. (e) In Word 2002, type the symbol's Unicode number and do Alt-x. Builds on (b) above.ĭisadvantages: Takes some time to set up. Arial Unicode MS, Charis SIL ( download), Doulos SIL ( download) or Gentium ( download).Īdvantages: Excellent if you need to use each phonetic symbol several times. Alternatively, you may prefer to use some other Unicode phonetic font, e.g. If you haven't already got this font installed, download it and install it. Click on the font box and select Lucida Sans Unicode from the drop-down menu. On UCL cluster installations, this means the font Lucida Sans Unicode.

Check that you have a phonetic font available. It is intended primarily for people running Word 97 or later under Windows 98 or later, using the Unicode phonetic symbol font routinely supplied by Microsoft.įor other Office applications - Excel, Access, Powerpoint, Outlook, Outlook Express - see below. This page is intended to help you get phonetic symbols into a word-processed document.