If you are to lazy to do the following, simply cut and paste these letters with macrons and put them in your document. īōāēūĒŪĀĪŌŪ

This page contains instructions to type macrons on your computer.

If you have a mac with OS X:

1. Click on the System Preferences Application (The one with the light switch)
2. Click on International.
3. Click on the Input Menu tab.
4. Scroll down and check the "U.S. Extended" box.
5. Make sure the "Show Input menu in menu bar" box is checked.
6. Go to the upper right hand corner of your screen. If there is a U.S. flag there with a little black thingy, you are done. If not, click on the U.S. flag and select U.S. Extended.
7. To make a macron, press Option (alt) and then, while still holding it, press the "a" key.
8. Type the vowel you want to put a macron over.
9. Repeat steps 7 and 8 to make macrons.

If you have windows, get a mac. (Just kidding!)
If you have windows:

1. You really do need a mac, although Marcus engineered a clever workaround.
2. Download and install the Maori keyboard driver.
3. Go to Start->Settings->Control Panel
4. Click Switch to Classic View on the upper region of the blue bar.
   
5. Click Regional and Language Options.
6. Click on the Languages tab.
7. Click the Details button.
8. Click Add button.
9. In the Language box, select English (United States)
10. In the Keyboard Layout box select Maori.
11. Click OK.
12. Click OK.
13. Click OK.
14. Restart your computer.
    
15. Type ` then the vowel.
16. It will produce the vowel and the macron.
17. Repeat 15 and 16 for each vowel.
    

There are other ways, but that was the fastest one.

1. Click on Start.
2. Click Run.
3. Type charmap.
4. Press Enter.
   
5. Scroll to the vowel with macron you want.
6. Click on it.
7. Click Copy.
8. Paste it into the wiki or word or whatever.
9. Do this for each macronned vowel.

For those users using Linux or Unix, Marcus sincerely apologizes to all of you. He is not part of the you know what*, he just uses other systems primarily. Again, sorry.

*see comment titled You know what




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