Delete diacritics, ligatures, and special marks in South Asian text

The feature described in this Help topic is only available if support for a South Asian language is enabled through Microsoft Office Language Settings.

You can delete either an entire character or just the diacritic, ligature, or special mark.

Delete an entire character including the diacritic, ligature, or special mark

  1. Place the insertion point to the left of the character, or select the character with the mouse or SHIFT+ARROW keys.

  2. Press DELETE on the keyboard.

    Example of how entire Thai characters are deleted

    Deleting Thai characters

    Example of how Vietnamese characters are deleted

    Deleting Vietnamese characters

Delete only a character mark such as a tonemark, diacritic, or vowel

  1. Place the insertion point to the right of the character.

  2. Press BACKSPACE on the keyboard until the mark is deleted, and then re-type any marks that were deleted prior to reaching the mark you wanted to delete.

Note   You cannot select an individual South Asian character mark.