Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Inserting Diacritical Marks

A question on ChoraList prompted this post.

The question:
Colleagues,

We have a Dvorak piece in our fall concert. Can anyone tell me how to type the diacritical "hatchick" that goes over the R? It appears in the title as well.

Kayla Werlin
The solution, for Microsoft Word users, is found in the "Insert Symbol" menu. The following YouTube video gives a good tutorial on the procedure:


2 comments:

The Zapman said...

A simpler method under MacOS X: Just hit option-I, then the letter that goes under it.

Anonymous said...

This is helpful, though I am wondering if the narrator is really German...:)