It's easy to get macrons on your smartphone, just hold your finger on the vowel and the macron will show up as one of the accent options. This works for both Windows and Mac computers.You don't just add the macron, you have to type the proper character with it. There are a few ways you could do it. This shows you how to add Te Reo Maori macrons to your Gmail. Or with with the Shift key to type an uppercase macronised vowel. These guidelines set out what Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori considers to be current best practice for spelling and writing Māori. How to set up macrons in word doc. The Māori keyboard that enabled me to write in macrons did nothing to address the perceived spelling mistakes. Also you have to download the te reo Māori proofreading tools for this to work.