Miscellaneous Questions

Q: Sometimes when I work with tables in MSWord, I cannot see the dots in the syllabics, but when I

print the document they are there.

Use the zoom feature in the standard toolbar. At 150% you should see all the dots that are there. Or,

use a larger font size.

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Q: Why do other syllabics characters appear between words that I did not type?

You probably have the “Reveal Formatting” to show formatting marks, such as paragraph marks and tabs

feature turned on. This feature is not compatible with (Legacy) Cree syllabics. Unclick the ¶ button on the

toolbar (shortcut key CTRL + *),

Or click on Tools-Options-View menu; unclick all the check marks under “Formatting”.

Really want to know why? The BJECree (Legacy) encoding uses the “paragraph mark” character and other

“symbol” characters for syllabic characters instead. When you reveal these characters, you get the syllabic

character that was assigned to that code instead. This problem goes away if you can use Unicode.

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Q: I type the right characters in syllabics, the syllabic characters mysteriously change to something else

as I type.

Click on Tools-AutoCorrect, select the “AutoFormat as you type” tab, and deselect
everything. Also

select the “AutoCorrect” tab, and deselect everything there too. These features
corrupt (Legacy) Cree

syllabics typing and should never be left on.
This will solve the /wii/-apostrophe problem for example.

Really want to know why? The BJECree (Legacy) encoding uses upper and lower case accented characters

for syllabic characters instead. The AutoCorrect and AutoFormat options try to correct your “capitalization”,

and changes the syllabic characters unexpectedly. This problem goes away if you can use Unicode.

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Q: I try to type in syllabics, but I get weird characters instead, like �5��¶ .

You need to use the right syllabic font. Click on Format-Font, and choose BJECree. You have the

BJCree (East) keyboard on and you also need to be using the BJECree font.

Really want to know why? The BJECree (Legacy) encoding uses accented characters and symbol characters

for syllabic characters instead. Your keyboard is giving you the right characters, but you have the wrong font

selected. You need both the Cree font and Cree keyboard to type in Cree.

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Q: I try to type in syllabics, but I get the Cree word spelled in Roman characters instead, like

masinaahikin . (See also Unicode Questions)

Click on the “Tavultesoft Keyman” icon down on the lower right-hand corner of the screen, and choose

BJCree (east). You may have the BJECree font selected, but not the appropriate keyboard. You need both the

Cree font and Cree keyboard to type in Cree.

Really want to know why? The BJECree (Legacy) encoding retains all the plain English characters along

with the syllabic characters.

NB: ‘Tavultesoft Keyman’ Program must be running before you start MS Word

Start ‘Tavultesoft Keyman’ from the Start Menu under (All) Programs

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