How to set up macrons in word doc. This works for both Windows and Mac computers.Māori 'the Māori language', commonly shortened to te reo) is an Eastern Polynesian language and the language of the Māori people Here are some steps you can try to use macrons without the dictation option popping up. NOTE: this process is only applicable in Outlook application. In te reo Māori, the noun is unchanged in the plural. The article preceding it ('te' or 'ngā') determines if singular or plural is intended. Also sorry for all the missing macrons. I can do them on the computer but haven't figured out the technology on the phone yet. A macron is a line above a vowel to indicate that it should be spoken as a long vowel: ā, ē, ī, ō, ū, Ā, Ē, Ī, Ō and Ū.