{"id":604,"date":"2013-10-08T20:18:05","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T20:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dcc\/?p=604"},"modified":"2013-10-08T20:18:05","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T20:18:05","slug":"typing-polytonic-greek-in-a-windows-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dcc\/2013\/10\/08\/typing-polytonic-greek-in-a-windows-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Typing Polytonic Greek in a Windows Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"

DCC board member Wille Major of Louisiana State University \u00a0sends along this handy guide to typing polytonic Greek in a Windows environment\u2014no special keyboard required.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

TYPING ANCIENT (POLYTONIC) GREEK<\/strong>
\nin a Windows environment<\/p>\n

This is a practical guide to setting up Windows to type ancient (polytonic) Greek.\u00a0It does not require you to purchase or install any software, just to activate a feature in Windows.<\/p>\n

Step 1: \u00a0Activate polytonic Greek in Windows<\/strong><\/p>\n

Setup instructions for Windows Vista or Windows 7<\/em>
\n1. Go to the Control Panel.
\n2. Select Clock, Language and Region (or Regional and Language Options).
\n3. Select Change keyboards and other input methods.
\n4. A window will appear. Select Change Keyboards button.
\n5. A window will appear with three tabs. The “general” tab is open by default. Click the Add button.
\n6. You will see a list of keyboards based on languages. Scroll down and click on Greek, and then select Greek\u00a0Polytonic keyboard.
\n7. Click OK on this tab and then all the previous tabs until you are back in the Control Panel. Close the Control\u00a0Panel.<\/p>\n

Setup instructions for Windows XP<\/em>
\n1. Go to the Control Panel.
\n2. Double-click Regional and Language Options.
\n3. Click the Languages tab,
\n4. Click Details under “Text Services and Input Languages”
\n5. Click Add under “Installed Services”
\n6. You will see a list of keyboards based on languages. Click on Greek Polytonic from the list.
\n7. Click OK on this tab and then all the previous tabs until you are back in the Control Panel. Close the Control\u00a0Panel<\/p>\n

After you activate Polytonic Greek, you should have a language button or taskbar similar to one of the images below.
\n\u2022 The English keyboard is represented by the letters EN.
\n\u2022 The Greek keyboard is represented by EL.
\nBy clicking on this symbol, you can toggle between the English and Greek keyboard at any time!\u00a0You can move and manipulate the appearance of the bar if you wish.<\/p>\n

\"EN<\/a><\/p>\n

\"EN<\/a><\/p>\n

If you want, you can pull up keyboard images and type directly on them.
\n\u2022 Go to START:
\n\u2022 select ALL PROGRAMS
\n\u2022 select ACCESSORIES
\n\u2022 select ACCESSBILITY (or EASE of ACCESS)
\n\u2022 select \u201cOn-screen Keyboard\u201d<\/p>\n

IMPORTANT<\/strong>: No matter how you input polytonic Greek, you must use a Unicode font. If the basic alphabet and\u00a0vowels with acute accents appear correctly, but other accents and breathings do not appear correctly, it is because the\u00a0font you are using is not consistent with Unicode. There are many Unicode fonts available, but a good one that comes\u00a0with Windows is \u201cPalatino Linotype.\u201d<\/p>\n

Step 2. The keyboard layout of the Greek alphabet and punctuation<\/strong><\/p>\n

These layouts show the placement of the letters. This arrangement is the same for Ancient and\u00a0Modern Greek keyboards. The keys in yellow will be used for placing polytonic diacritical\u00a0marks:<\/p>\n

\"keyboard<\/a><\/p>\n

Punctuation<\/strong><\/p>\n