Insert > Symbol [I need Sanskrit symbols!]

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Correction: I DID get to the website (after typing in all the address). However, I do not see what I need: an h and a t with a dot under it.
 
tom said:
Correction: I DID get to the website (after typing in all the address).
However, I do not see what I need: an h and a t with a dot under it.
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Hi Tom,

The h with dot below is U+1E25 in Unicode, the t with dot below U+1E6D.

If you have a font with the whole necessary subset "Latin Extended
Additional" (such as "Arial Unicode MS"), you can insert the characters
from "Insert > Symbol", or better define keyboard shortcuts in that dialog.

Another option are (plain text) AutoCorrect entries that turn, say, #t.# in
a t with dot below while typing.

In case you have no font with the necessary subset (Arial Unicode MS is
included with Word 2000/2002/2003, but often not installed), you could use
the "combining dot below", U+0323 (from the subset "Combining diacritical
marks").
Inserted after a letter, it should combine with it.
Though this works pretty well with large Unicode fonts like "Arial Unicode
MS" again, but often looks rather terrible with smaller fonts.

Regards,
Klaus
 
Thanks Klaus. I finally managed to produce the h and t with dot underneath. It took a call to a local computer person, who pointed out that I could find what I wanted by going to the character map in systems, after installing Arial Unicode MS as you suggested. I've created macros for the letters now. I still do not know how to use the Unicode numbers. Following Microsoft's instructions to use the keypad and Alt does not work for me. Danke, Tom
 
Type the unicode number eg 03CA then press ALT+X.

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