I just installed the Hebrew (SIL) keyman on my Mac (OS 12.5.1) and am working in MSWord (16.82) using the Ezra SIL font.
The keyboard layout shows hataph qametz on alt-shift-o
That’s a Windows label (but I don’t see a guide for Macs) so I assume shift-option-o on a Mac.
However the hataph qametz does not show up anywhere on my On Screen Keyboard. Shift-opton-o does not type hataph qametz. A hataph qametz will not compile from typing a consonant and then a qametz and then a shewa, or from typing shewa and then qametz.
Similarly some of the accent marks (involving the option and shift option keys) will not type.
[And, even though I turn off all the auto correct stuff in MSWord, if I type option-= to get an atnach, I get switched out of Ezra SIL and get ≠ instead.]
I can type a hataph patach on the Mac’s Hebrew QWERTY keyboard in Ezra SIL, but I can’t get the accent marks there. And MSWord does not like switching the input method in the middle of a word (not functional to switch (back and forth between Hebrew SIL and Hebrew QWERTY).
Trying to resolve this for my students, but couldn’t myself.
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