Add phonetic guides to text

Select the text to which you want to add phonetic guides.

On the Format menu, point to Asian Layout, and then click Phonetic Guide.

In the Ruby text box, enter the phonetic guides that you want to apply to the selected text.

Do any of the following:

To change the font or font size, select the option you want in the Font or Size box.
To change the alignment, select the option you want in the Alignment box.
To change the offset from the base text, select the distance you want in the Offset box.

The character formatting applied to the selected text will not change when you add or delete phonetic guides. You can set character formatting after you apply phonetic guides. If you apply formatting (for example, bold) to text with phonetic guides, the guides will take the same format as the text
To delete phonetic guides, select the text to which a guide has been applied, click Phonetic Guide again, and delete the text in the Ruby text box.