Keyboard entry of Greek and Hebrew into Accordance depends on two settings:

• The keyboard selected in the Greek & Hebrew area of the Preferences dialog box. By default, the standard Accordance keyboard is selected. You can also select a Greek Polytonic or Israeli Hebrew keyboard.
• The keyboard selected in the Macintosh system settings (either an English/European keyboard or one of the system Unicode keyboards).

If your operating the system is set to non-English Unicode then the keyboard in Accordance is the one matching the current operating system settings. You can see which layout is being used on your computer via the Keyboard viewer (accessible via the Input menu, identified by a flag icon, that was automatically added to the top right of your menu bar if more than one keyboard was selected in your system Preferences). The Keyboard Viewer displays the mapping of the current keyboard, and reflects the changes when a key is pressed, such as <SHIFT> .

• To view the keyboard layout, choose Show Keyboard Viewer from the Input menu.
• There are four options for most keys: plain key, key+<SHIFT>, key+<OPTION>, and key+<SHIFT>+<OPTION>. (Some keys allow for multiple characters by pressing <OPTION>+key+key.)
• Reminder: When the system is set to English, the character entry in Accordance depends on the keyboard selected in the Greek & Hebrew area of the Preferences dialog box.
• Customized keyboards are available, as are programs that let you customize a keyboard, such as Keyman for PC.

In Hebrew, a single character can become two characters depending on the position of the dot; these are treated as separate letters of the Hebrew alphabet:

• Unpointed Shin:
• Shin:
• Sin:

Even in fully pointed Hebrew texts, Accordance accepts the unpointed shin and finds both shin and sin. However, most people prefer to specify which they want to search for. The following table shows the keystrokes needed within Accordance for each of these characters, with different Accordance and System settings:

System Keyboard Setting	Accordance Keyboard Setting	Unpointed Shin	Sin	Shin
English	Accordance Keyboard (default)	Shift+C	C	V
	Israeli Keyboard (selected from Greek & Hebrew Preference pane)	A	Opt+A	Shift+A
Hebrew	Either	A	Opt+A	Shift+A

 

Note If you prefer using the Israeli Unicode Hebrew keyboard, we recommend choosing it from within Accordance; this way you will not have to switch the system language to Hebrew each time.

As mentioned above, most of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet have been placed in the familiar positions of their transliterated letters in Roman fonts. Vowel points and other special characters are organized in an easy to find manner.

• The majority of vowel points are right overstrike characters. They must be typed to the left of the letter in order to appear over or under it.
• The main overstrike characters have three positions, depending on the width of the associated letter.
• The medium overstrike character is the most accessible. In general, the shift position is used for medium overstrike characters, the option position is used for short overstrike characters, and the shift-option position is used for long overstrike characters.

Note The older version of Yehudit did not include the accents (taamei mikra). In Accordance Yehudit functions as a true right-to-left font. However, in other software such as word processors, Yehudit is a left-to-right font. See Greek and Hebrew Export Options for details.

 

Tables for entering the Diacritical Characters and Cantillation Marks are given below.

The accents are listed according to their significance following the arrangement in BHS and Gesenius. The BHS code is followed by the name, an example of the accent and the code number in the Michigan-Clairmont text. An asterisk beside the code indicates that this accent is identical to and uses the same character as another accent in the table.

The position of the accent relative to the letter on which it is placed is followed by up to three keystrokes for different overstrike positions. The keystroke in bold style is the one most commonly used (for accents above the word this is the medium width overstrike, for accents below the word this is the narrow overstrike for combination with vowel points).

Accents above the word are in shift positions, and accents below the word are in option positions. The most common overstrike positions are arranged in approximate order of significance from left to right across the top of the keyboard.

The note at the end supplies further information (usually the BHS code of the accent used in place of this accent). Mini-spaces (option space) can be added to adjust the accent positions. In particular, use two spaces between the final nun N and an accent (or vowel).

The Michigan-Clairmont code number sequence lists the accents by their position relative to the letter, without regard to their function.

The Characters popover displays the special characters of the selected Accordance font. You can enter characters in the Search Entry box of a tab, or in any Edit window.

To open this popover, do one of the following:

• Click Characters () on the toolbar
• Select Characters from the Window menu.
• Press Opt++4.

Note The Characters Popover can also be detached using by clicking the Detach button (), and then closed manually.

When working with the Characters popover, note that:

• If the insertion bar rests in suitable editable text, such as an entry box, clicking a character highlights it and enters it into the window.

• You can change the font in the Characters popover and then enter the correct font, character and direction in the User Tools or User Notes Edit windows, the User Layer of the Atlas, and the description boxes of Construct and Reference list tabs.
• If you set the Preferences to use a modern Greek or Hebrew keyboard, the popover enters the correct character even though the Details Bar at the bottom of the box identifies the keystroke in the standard Accordance font.

The Characters popover is shown below.

No.	Button/Option	Description	Notes
1	Font	Opens the Font pop-up menu for selecting a special Accordance font	Items are: Helena, Yehudit, Rosetta, MSS, Sylvanus, Peshitta, and Salaam
2	Show/Hide options	You can show or hide the letters, diacriticals (Greek), pointing and cantillation (Hebrew), or special characters	The popover automatically resizes to fit your selection
3	Float	Click to change the popover to a floating palette that remains open after working with it	Normally the popover closes after each use. If you want to access it more often, click this item.
4	Letters	Displays all letters for the selected font	Characters can only be entered into a Search Entry box that is set to the same font. Clicks are ignored if the search Text or Tool field requires a different font.
5	Diacriticals (Grk) or Pointing and Cantillation (Hebrew)	Displays diacritical characters for this font (or pointing and cantillation for Hebrew fonts)	Overstrike characters are shown relative to the gray boxes
6	Special Characters	Displays other special characters with this font
7	Details Bar	Identifies the character and associated keystroke for the indicated letter	This is updated as you move the cursor over the characters