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# Asian Phonetic Guide

Allows you to add comments next to Asian characters to serve as a pronunciation guide.

These commands can only be accessed after you enable support for Asian languages in LibreOfficeDev - Preferences Tools - Options - Languages and Locales - General.

To access this command...

#### From the menu bar:

Menu Format - Asian phonetic guide.

1. Select one or more words in the document.

2. Choose Format - Asian Phonetic Guide.

3. Enter the text that you want to use as a pronunciation guide in the Ruby text box.

## Base text

Displays the base text that you selected in the current file. If you want, you can modify the base text by entering new text here.

## Ruby text

Enter the text that you want to use as a pronunciation guide for the base text.

## Alignment

Select the horizontal alignment for the ruby text.

## Position

Select where you want to place the ruby text.

## Character Style for ruby text

Select a character style for the ruby text.

## Styles

Opens the Styles deck of the Sidebar Styles deck of the Sidebar where you can select a character style for the ruby text.

### Preview Field

Displays a preview of the current selection.

### Apply

Applies the modified or selected values without closing the dialog.