Enable Macrons in Windows 10 and MacOS
Four steps to make macrons easy:
- Add the Māori keyboard
- Switch keyboard
- Inserting macrons
- Add AutoCorrect words so you don’t have to keep switching between keyboards
Windows 10
Add the Māori keyboard
- Click the Windows icon on the bottom left corner of your taskbar
- Type Language
- Select Language Settings or Region & Language on some PCs
- Click English (New Zealand)
- Click Options
- Click Add a keyboard
- Scroll down and select Māori QWERTY
- Close window
Windows 10 - Switch keyboard
- Click ENG in the bottom right of the task bar
- Click on the keyboard you are wanting to use i.e. English (New Zealand) Māori keyboard
Windows 10 - Insert macrons
- Press the tilde ~ symbol key on your keyboard and then the vowel to create the macron
Windows 10 - Add AutoCorrect words so you don’t have to keep switching between keyboards
- Check that your Māori keyboard is on
- Select File
- Select Options
- Select Proofing
- Select AutoCorrect Options…
- Add the word and then the word with a macron
- Use the tilt ~ symbol key and then the vowel to create the macron
- Click Add
- Repeat as necessary, once finished
- Click OK to close the windows
- Once you have closed and opened your Microsoft applications (Word, Outlook etc) auto correct will place macrons
MacOS
MacOS (2022 and older)
Add the Māori keyboard
- Click the Apple logo
- Click System Preferences
- Select Language & Region
- Click Keyboard Preferences
- Click the + icon
- Find Māori in the list
- Click Add
MacOS - (Ventura 2023)
Add the Māori keyboard
- Click the Apple logo
- Click System Preferences
- Select Keyboard
- Scroll to Text Input > Input Sources and click Edit
- Click the + icon
- Find Māori in the list
- Click Add
Once added, you can select Māori from the list
- Click
- Switch between languages
MacOS - Inserting macrons
- Press the tilde ~ symbol key on your keyboard and then the vowel to create the macron
MacOS - Add Text shortcuts to create text replacements
Check that your Māori keyboard is on
Select System Preferences
Select Keyboard
Select Text
Click Add
Type the letters or word in Replace i.e. Morena
Type the letters or word in With i.e. Mōrena
Now when you type “Morena” the word with the macron will automatically appear
ChromeBook - Inserting macrons
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