Add or remove phonetic guides to text

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

Add phonetic guides

  1. Select the text to which you want to add phonetic guides.
  2. On the Format menu, select Phonetic Guides.
  3. Enter a phonetic guide in Phonetic Guide textbox.
  4. To apply text format to the phonetic guide characters, turn off Use default settings checkbox and select the options you want.

Remove phonetic guides

  1. Select the text from which you want to remove its phonetic guides.
  2. On the Format menu, select Phonetic Guides.
  3. Delete the characters in Phonetic Guide textbox

Tip

The text format applied to the selected text will not be changed after you add and remove its phonetic guides. Also, you may change format of the text after you add a phonetic text to it. However, when you apply a text format such as Bold to the text, the format is applied to its phonetic guides as well. When you change the text format of the text, remove phonetic guides before you apply a format. After you apply a format to the text, add phonetic guides again.