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Typing in GreekEleanor JeffersonSmith College Classics Department

Windows XP1. From the start menu, go to the Control Panel, and click "Regional and anguage !ptions."

. From the Regional and anguage !ptions #indo#, click the anguages ta$, then "Details..."under "%e&t ser'ices and input languages."

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(. Click the ")dd..." $utton. Choose "*reek" from the first drop+do#n menu, and "*reekPoltonic" from the second. Click oka.

-. ack at the anguages / Details #indo#, click "anguage $ar" at the $ottom. Choose to"Sho# the anguage $ar on the desktop" and "Sho# additional anguage $ar options in thetask$ar." Click !0, then click !0 again to return to the desktop.

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. ack on our desktop, the anguage ar #ill $e either floating in one of the corners oranchored in the task $ar. %o tpe in *reek, click on the 2E3,4 and choose 2E4 from the drop+do#n menu. %o s#itch $ack to English, click on 2E4 and choose 2E34 again.

%o s#itch 5uickl, ou can also hold do#n the left hand 2alt4 and 2shift4 kes to s#itch fromone language to another.

6ou #ill ha'e to choose to tpe in *reek for each program ou are running. e sure to makesure the program in #hich ou #ish to tpe is highlighted $efore ou change to *reek.

Mac OSX

1. Click the apple $utton in the top left corner of our screen. From the drop+do#n menu,choose Sstem Preferences. %hen click on the 27nternational4 icon.

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. Click on the 27nput 8enu4 ta$. Scroll do#n until ou find 2*reek Poltonic.4 Click thecheck$o& ne&t to it. )t the $ottom of the #indo#, click the check$o& ne&t to 2Sho# inputmenu in menu $ar.4 Close the #indo#.

(. %o start tping in *reek, click on the flag ne&t to the clock in the top right corner of thescreen. Choose 2*reek Poltonic4 to start tping in *reek, and click 29.S.4 again to go $ack toEnglish.

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Typing in Greek8ost letters correspond directl to their English counterparts :i.e. a returns ;

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A Note on Fonts

Sometimes if ou ust start tping in *reek, or ou paste from the %* or Perseus, it #ill comeout looking odd, like this@ j j. %his is $ecause %imes 3e#Roman, the default 8icrosoft font, does not ha'e all the accented *reek characters, so itreplaces the ones it doesnt ha'e #ith characters in a font called %ahoma.

%he #a to get around this is to select all of our *reek te&t and change its font to either%ahoma or Palatino inotpe. Palatino inotpe fits in $etter #ith %imes 3e# Roman, %ahoma$etter #ith )rial and other sans+serif fonts. Palatino inotpe runs a little larger than %imes3e# Roman, $ut this can $e fi&ed $ siing *reek te&t do#n to 11 point for a 1 pointdocument.

Sharing documents

8ac !S and indo#s use different fonts to handle *reek. *reek characters in a document#ritten on a indo#s computer ma not appear correctl on a 8ac computer, and 'ice 'ersa.

7f ou need to share our document #ith someone #ho is using a different operating sstem,it is $est to share it in hard cop or to turn the document into a PDF. %o con'ert a 8icrosoftord document into a PDF, ou ma need to use )do$e )cro$at Professional or another third+part program.

8ore information on con'erting 8icrosoft ord documents to other formats can $e found $searching the 8icrosoft !ffice #e$site@ http@KKoffice.microsoft.comK

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