Greek Alphabet

[yoda]

Hi all

Does anybody know how to get the greek alphabet up on there computer so it can be put on to a thread.

Thank's all and all the best.

[Psychobilly]

For the occasional Greek letter open Character Map - Start... All Programs... Accessories...System Tools ...Character Map and copy and paste from there to your document.

Looks like the forum is "translating" them back to the "english" equivalents though

Seems to do that if you change the font to Greekk ... is you find them in soemthing like Arial your ok...

Ah thats better...

ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ

[Gerontius]

Select, copy and paste from Character Map in Windows accessories\system tools\character map

[Pete_inthehills]

The easiest way is to go in to word, find the insert symbol option and then find the letter you want, copy it and then paste it in to your text.

like this...β

Or you can use the shortcut key, if you hold down the Alt button and type in 0159 you get this...Ÿ

The short cut key is shown on the insert symbol dialogue box when you access it in word....

does this help any?

pete

inthehills

[themos]

In Windows, I installed Greek as an additional language and then there is a quick key combination (that I now forget) to switch languages as you type.

In Linux, I use SCIM, and Control-Alt-Up cycles me through the available langs.

Peter, you dropped Π in your list

[Psychobilly]

Thank' Themos when you select in charcatrer mapper it covers over the adjoining letters with a "zoomed" version...so I must have got lost...

its all Greek to me...

Peter....

[Horus]

Thats the way I do it .............I,m also Greek !

For the occasional Greek letter open Character Map - Start... All Programs... Accessories...System Tools ...Character Map and copy and paste from there to your document.

Looks like the forum is "translating" them back to the "english" equivalents though

Seems to do that if you change the font to Greekk ... is you find them in soemthing like Arial your ok...

Ah thats better...

ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ

[Earl]

Start > Run > Charmap (some windows dont have it in the accessories folder anymore)

[yoda]

Thank's alot guys thats a big help.

For the occasional Greek letter open Character Map - Start... All Programs... Accessories...System Tools ...Character Map and copy and paste from there to your document.

Looks like the forum is "translating" them back to the "english" equivalents though

Seems to do that if you change the font to Greekk ... is you find them in soemthing like Arial your ok...

Ah thats better...

ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ

Hi billy in the font I don't have Greek option .

[yoda]

Found it thanks guys.

ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ

[Carbon Brush]

For the unejucated and computer illllitterate like me, just copy the following and paste into a word document.

Fonts Arial, Verdana and Times New Roman all work. Probably lots of others but I haven't tried.

Α α Alpha

Β β Beta

Γ γ Gamma

Δ δ Delta

Ε ε Epsilon

Ζ ζ Zeta

Η η Eta

Θ θ Theta

Ι ι Iota

Κ κ Kappa

Λ λ Lambda

Μ μ Mu

Ν ν Nu

Ξ ξ Xi

Ο ο Omicron

Π π Pi

Ρ ρ Rho

Σ σ ς Sigma

Τ τ Tau

Υ υ Upsilon

Φ φ Phi

Χ χ Chi

Ψ ψ Psi

Ω ω Omega

Α α Alpha

Β β Beta

Γ γ Gamma

Δ δ Delta

Ε ε Epsilon

Ζ ζ Zeta

Η η Eta

Θ θ Theta

Ι ι Iota

Κ κ Kappa

Λ λ Lambda

Μ μ Mu

Ν ν Nu

Ξ ξ Xi

Ο ο Omicron

Π π Pi

Ρ ρ Rho

Σ σ ς Sigma

Τ τ Tau

Υ υ Upsilon

Φ φ Phi

Χ χ Chi

Ψ ψ Psi

Ω ω Omega

[yoda]

Thank's David.

I've coped that and put it in a folder.

[Talitha]

Here's a page that has the pronunciations... Greek Alphabet

Looks like i've been slaughtering a few of them, same as i did with the constellations.

[themos]

I don't like all those BAY-tuh, AY-tuh etc. BEE-tah, EE-tah for me.

[Earl]

I don't like all those BAY-tuh, AY-tuh etc. BEE-tah, EE-tah for me.

Yep Beater has more impact

[NickMilner]

Here's a page that has the pronunciations... Greek Alphabet

Looks like i've been slaughtering a few of them, same as i did with the constellations.

lol @ "Tau (TAU)"

So, pronunciation of Tau is Tau. That's very helpful, but is that like "War" or "Cow"?

[eriwig]

I don't like all those BAY-tuh, AY-tuh etc. BEE-tah, EE-tah for me.

Same here, hate it when you hear them being slaughtered by american fraternities / sororities too...