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Asian Phonetic Guide

Allows you to add comments next to Asian characters to serve as a pronunciation guide.

These commands can only be accessed after you enable support for Asian languages in Tools - Options - Language Settings - Languages.

To access this command...

Menu Format - Asian phonetic guide.

  1. Select one or more words in the document.

  2. Choose Format - Asian Phonetic Guide.

  3. Enter the text that you want to use as a pronunciation guide in the Ruby text box.

Base text

Displays the base text that you selected in the current file. If you want, you can modify the base text by entering new text here.

Ruby text

Enter the text that you want to use as a pronunciation guide for the base text.

Alignment

Select the horizontal alignment for the ruby text.

Position

Select where you want to place the ruby text.

Character Style for ruby text

Select a character style for the ruby text.

Styles

Opens the Styles deck of the SidebarStyles deck of the Sidebar where you can select a character style for the ruby text.

Preview Field

Displays a preview of the current selection.

Apply

Applies the modified or selected values without closing the dialogue box.