What is a yomi ?

[Guest]

In MS-Word 2002, the Help file for " Field codes: XE (Index Entry) field
{ XE "Text" [Switches ] }
says that the switch
"""" \y Specifies that the subsequent text defines the yomi for the index
entry. """"

Okay, that's just fine.

My problem is that no dictionary that I can use, including my own Webster's
Unabridged, tells me what a YOMI is.

Please tell me what a YOMI is, and maybe add " yomi " to some Microsoft
dictionary or glossary with a good, clear and complete definition of yomi..

Thanks !

Dan McGarigle
El Segundom CA
(e-mail address removed)'

 

[Guest]

See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=220568 "WD2000: Undocumented Index
Field Switches".

 

[Beth Melton]

The /y switch for XE fields can only be used if you have at least one
East Asian language enabled.

The switch defines the phonetic character for sorting (yomi).

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