What is a macron?
Most Polynesian alphabets have 5 vowels : A - E - I - O - U.
The macron is a diacritical mark used to indicate a long vowel.
ā - ē - ī - ō - ū - Ā - Ē - Ī - Ō - Ū
What is the Polynesian Keyboard?
The Polynesian Keyboard is a usual English QWERTY keyboard with integrated macron function.
How to install your Polynesian Keyboard?
On Windows
Download the .zip file.
Extract the file.
Launch the Application Setup.
Go into your Control Panel, look for keyboard settings and add the Polynesian keyboard.
Select the Polynesian Keyboard as your actual keyboard.
On OS X
Download the .zip file
Extract the files
Drag and drop file Polynesian.keylayout and file Polynesian.icns in folder Keyboard Layouts
Access path:
Computer > Hard drive > Library > Keyboard Layouts
If folder Keyboard Layouts doesn't exist, create it.
Then restart computer.
System Preferences > Keyboards > Input Sources
Add > Others
Tick Polynesian
Select your Polynesian Keyboard in the menu at the top to the right
How to place a macron on a vowel?
On Windows
For lower case letters : Alt Gr + Vowel (or the 2nd Alt + Vowel depending on keyboard)
For upper case letters : Alt Gr + Shift + Vowel (or the 2nd Alt + Vowel depending on keyboard)
On OS X
For lower case letters: Option key + Vowel
For upper case letters: Option key + Shift + Vowel
What systems are supported with the Polynesian Keyboard?
Currently, the Polynesian Keyboard works on :
- Windows NT 4.0 Workstation/Server
- Windows 2000 Professional/Server
- Windows XP
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Vista
- Windows 7
- Windows 8
, 10.10
- OS X 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11, 10.12