How to Make Latin Long Marks in Word Documents

You can insert 16 distinct Latin long-mark characters into your Word document.

Microsoft Word 2003 and newer versions provide built-in support for text in several non-English alphabets, including Cyrillic, Greek, Latin long mark and Old English. You can type Latin long marks directly into a Word document by activating your keyboard's number pad, holding the "Alt" key and typing in a keystroke combination. Each Latin long mark is activated by a different four-digit combination, with distinct codes for lowercase and capital letters.

Things You'll Need

• Microsoft Word 2003 or newer
• Keyboard with number pad

Instructions

1. Open the Word document in which you want to insert Latin long-mark text.

2. Hold the "Ctrl" key and press the "D" key to open a font dialog window.

3. Click the drop-down menu to select a font that contains Latin long-mark characters. Times New Roman and Georgia are common fonts that include Latin long marks.

4. Click on the location in the text in which you want to type a character.

5. Press the "Num lock" key to turn number lock on and activate your numerical keypad, if the keypad is not already active.

6. Hold down the "Alt" key and type in the four-digit code that corresponds to the desired Latin long-mark character:

   0256 - Capital long A

   0274 - Capital long E

   0298 - Capital long I

   0332 - Capital long O

   0362 - Capital long U

   0563 - Capital long Y

   0198 - Capital AE

   0140 - Capital OE

   0257 - Lowercase long A

   0275 - Lowercase long E

   0299 - Lowercase long I

   0333 - Lowercase long O

   0363 - Lowercase long U

   0562 - Lowercase long Y

   0230 - Lowercase AE

   0156 - Lowercase OE

References

• Penn State University: Latin Long Marks
• Penn State University: Suggested Font Styles