Tones in Mandarin, yikes. Tones, accents, diacritic marks, whatever you want to call them. I need help with them. Recently someone talked me into giving actual pinyin and the tones a try. It helped SO much. I can pronounce things better now. Not great, but better than before. But here's my issue. Seeing the little marks: à, ǎ, REALLY helps me. But when I see it replaced with numbers, I freeze like a deer caught in the headlights. Is there a program that will put the little diacritic marks I love so much in for me? Without them, my notetaking on the computer is practically useless. Should I switch over to numbers? Does it really matter? Am I just being difficult? Either way, without SOME form of marking, I cannot pronounce ANYTHING. Ideas, suggestions? Thanks.