Dimitry,

Thanks for this excellent information. Unfortunately, when I tried to
download the Arial Unicode MS Font from
http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/aruniupd.aspx, I found this
message:

"Arial Unicode MS Font for Publisher 2000
Microsoft has removed the Arial Unicode MS Font for Publisher 2000 download.
The font is available with Microsoft Office XP and Microsoft Publisher 2002.

For further information regarding the use of Microsoft fonts, refer to the
Microsoft permissions page relating to fonts".

So it appears that MS is trying to force users to purchase this font with
its software products.

Thanks again for the excellent advice.

mike

----- Original Message -----
From: Dimitry A. Ivakhnenko (Äìèòðèé Àëåêñååâè÷ Èâàõíåíêî)
<koleso@...>
To: Jim Anderson <Pali@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 11:48 PM
Subject: [Pali] Word Macros for Pali


> Hello,
>
> JA> I can't see why a similar
> JA> macro program couldn't be written up for the newer and more
> JA> sophisticated word programs (which I don't have).
>
> I have written such Pali conversion macros for MS Word and the file with
> them is available at
>
> http://i.com.ua/~sangha/dharma/paali/macros.zip (31 Kb)
>
> The instructions are in Russian, yet if the need arises they can be
> translated.
>
> As for the input of the Pali text, the simplest way to do so in MS Word
> is just to assign keyboard shortcuts to the symbols via the "Insert
> Symbol" option, for example:
>
> AA - Alt+Shift+A;
> aa - Alt+A;
> II - Alt+Shift+I;
> ii - Alt+I;
> UU - Alt+Shift+U;
> uu - Alt+U;
> ~N - Alt+Shift+G;
> ~n - Alt+G.
>
> I have found the Unicode-type fonts http://zencomp.com/greatwisdom/fonts/
> most useful in this regard, since they are correctly converted to any
> other form including HTML, and have a nice look.
>
> Best regards,
> Dimitry