Title: Problems with macrons
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Problems with macrons

 *  [Guy Scharf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guy-scharf/)
 * (@guy-scharf)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-macrons/)
 * I am having problems with macrons, especially a-macron, in post editing. I need
   to use a-macron (a horizontal bar over the letter ‘a’). This character does not
   appear in the Windows character map.
 * So I change the page editor to HTML mode and enter the HTML code `& # 2 5 7 ;`.
   I update the page and it displays correctly.
 * When I next open the page for editing, the editor is in Visual mode and I see
   the a-macron correctly displayed. If I now updating the page, the a-macron is
   replaced on the page with a ?. The next time I edit the page, I’ll see a ? instead.
 * The only workaround I have found is that every time I edit a page with a-macron,
   I have to changed back to HTML mode and do a search and replace on ?s to change
   them back to the HTML codes.
 * How can I fix this problem? Is there a different editor, a change to editor settings,
   or some plugin that will help?

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-macrons/#post-1858779)
 * [http://www.deanlee.cn/wordpress/fckeditor-for-wordpress-plugin/](http://www.deanlee.cn/wordpress/fckeditor-for-wordpress-plugin/)
 *  Thread Starter [Guy Scharf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guy-scharf/)
 * (@guy-scharf)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-macrons/#post-1858785)
 * Thanks for the suggestion to use fckeditor. I just tried it and the behavior 
   is the same as with the default editor–I lose my a-macrons on successive edits.
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-macrons/#post-1858790)
 * not sure then
    I don’t switch between the modes when using the html – so don’t
   have your problem
 *  Thread Starter [Guy Scharf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guy-scharf/)
 * (@guy-scharf)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-macrons/#post-1858800)
 * The problem is that both editors default to visual mode when you open a page 
   for editing. That appears to be the destructive action. If I could lock either
   editor so that it would open in HTML mode for a page, that would solve the problem.
   Or if I never re-edited a page that would bypass it too, but I develop some pages
   in an iterative way.
 *  [kiwimeg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kiwimeg/)
 * (@kiwimeg)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-macrons/#post-1859194)
 * I am having this same problem. Was it ever resolved? Would really appreciate 
   the solution if one was found!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [kiwimeg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kiwimeg/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-macrons/#post-1859194)
 * Status: not resolved

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