Downloadable Māori Keyboard Definition

The Māori Keyboard Definition allows users of  standard keyboards to be able to easily insert the extended characters used in Māori language, in a format displayable by commonly used browsers.

Developed by the University of Waikato and Microsoft, this downloadable file supports the use of the macron diacritical mark. The macron is placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound or phonetic value in pronunciation, such as (ā) in the word make.

After installing the Māori Keyboard Definition a user can press the ` (left quotation) key then any vowel.

For example, to type "ā" press the "`" key and then "a".

Download from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=27ab0ec0-c2b3-409e-bdf1-d56cd5e90d9c&displaylang=en

Mac OS X

Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) includes a Maori keyboard layout. Go to System Preferences (under the Apple menu) and choose International. Click on Input Menu and scroll to the Māori keyboard. Check it. Now you can type macrons by holding down Option while typing the relevant vowel. Note that macrons will only appear in suitable Unicode applications such as TextEdit, Safari, TextWrangler, Microsoft Word 2004.

For older versions of Mac OS X choose the Hawaiian keyboard layout.