Add Phonetic Guide for selected text in message body

When composing, replying, or forwarding an email in Outlook, you can easily add a phonetic guide for selected text (East Asian characters) in the message body.

1. In the message body, select the East Asian characters you want to add phonetic guides for, such as simplified Chinese characters.

2. Click the "Phonetic Guide" button in the "Font" group on the "Format Text" tab.

3. In the "Phonetic Guide" dialog, please do as follows:
(1) Review the ruby text for each character, and change the ruby text as needed;
(2) Format the alignment, offset, font, or font size of the ruby text in the corresponding boxes;
(3) Click the "OK" button.

Now the phonetic guides are added above the selected East Asian characters.

You can easily remove the phonetic guides from text as follows:

(1) Select the characters with the phonetic guide that you want to remove;

(2) Click the "Phonetic Guide" button in the "Font" group on the "Format Text" tab.

(3) In the "Phonetic Guide" dialog, click the "Clear Readings" button first, and then click the "OK" button.