The so-called International Phonetic Alphabet symbol library uses some commonly used letters to replace some uncommon International Phonetic Alphabet symbols, and realizes the input and output of International Phonetic Alphabet through certain programs. In this way, you no longer have to worry about the input and output of International Phonetic Alphabets when using computers to prepare lessons, set questions, and create courseware. Because there are no International Phonetic Alphabet symbols in Windows itself, to use the International Phonetic Alphabet, you must first add the International Phonetic Alphabet symbol library so that Windows can input and output International Phonetic Alphabets. In fact, there is an International Phonetic Symbol library in Kingsoft PowerWord. We can use it to create a symbol library for Windows input and output International Phonetic Symbols. Currently we can find the following three International Phonetic Alphabet fonts: 1. The IpaPanADD font developed by Professor Pan Wuyun is widely used in the domestic linguistics community. Many linguists use this font. It is recommended that everyone use this font to facilitate academic communication. The online download address is: A .ttf file is the International Phonetic Symbol font developed by Kingsoft Company. The font library is only 24KB. Since Kingsoft PowerWord is widely used, users will easily find this phonetic font. If there is no such file in the Fonts directory of the system, you can copy a file named "Ksphonet.ttf" with a size of only 24KB in the folder (Xdict) where Kingsoft PowerWord is located to the Fonts folder of Windows. At this time, Windows will have a new symbol library, which can realize the input and output of International Phonetic Symbols. In fact, if you have installed Kingsoft PowerWord, then a file like Ksphonet.ttf will automatically exist in the Fonts folder of the Windows system, that is, there will automatically be an International Phonetic Symbol Library (hurry up and install Kingsoft PowerWord, haha) . The next step is to solve the problem of how to input and output International Phonetic Alphabet symbols. After repeated experiments, I found that Kingsoft PowerWord’s International Phonetic Alphabet symbol library only replaced some of the symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet with the capital letters of the ordinary English library. We only need to enter the corresponding uppercase letters of the ordinary English character library, and then convert them through the International Phonetic Symbol Library file "Kingsoft Phonetic Plan". Therefore, when you want to input the International Phonetic Symbols, you only need to refer to this table (as shown in the picture) to enter the English capital letters corresponding to the International Phonetic Symbols. For other International Phonetic Symbols, use lowercase English letters directly. After the input is completed, select the International Phonetic Symbols characters, and then Convert to International Phonetic Alphabet through the International Phonetic Alphabet symbol library file "Kingsoft Phonetic Plan". Let's do a demonstration based on the above ideas. For example, if we want to enter "education [edju: kein" in Word, we only need to enter "education [PdjU: kPiFEn]" first, then select the capital letters in the square brackets, and finally select the "Kingsoft Phonetic Plan" symbol in the font list box Library, you can see the correct International Phonetic Alphabet, isn’t it very simple! 3. The SILDoulos IPA93 font was developed by the International Organization for Standardization of Phonetic Symbols. The Silipa93.exe installation software developed by the organization can help us install the font. The online download address of Silipa93.exe is: /utility/lan/ime/4019.html. After copying the found fonts to the Fonts folder of Windows, you can display the International Phonetic Symbols in Windows. Inserting International Phonetic Alphabets into Word Let's take the IpaPanADD font as an example (the same method can be used for the other two fonts). 1. Use the insert symbol function provided by Word itself to enter Word 2000, select the "Insert → Symbol" command in the menu bar, the "Symbol" dialog box will pop up, click the "Symbol" label, and select " IpaPanADD" font, as shown in Figure 1. Select the phonetic symbol you want to insert and press the [Insert] button.
You can also press the [Shortcut Key] button to set a shortcut key for the symbol you want to insert for quick input with the keyboard later. Figure 1 2. Use the character map provided by Windows to click the "Start → Programs → Accessories → System Tools → Character Map" command (if you do not have this program on your system, please run "Add/Remove Programs" to install it , please refer to the Windows User Manual for details), open the "Character Map" program, and select the "IpaPanADD" font from the font drop-down box, the characters will be displayed, select the phonetic symbols you need, and then click the [Copy] button Copy it to the Windows clipboard (as shown in Figure 2), then go to Word and press the [Paste] button to insert this phonetic symbol. Using the character mapping table, you can not only input international phonetic symbols in Word, but also input phonetic symbols in other word processing software such as: WordPad, Notepad, and WPS.