I'm in the USA on a PC running Windows XP using a standard american keyboard layout.

Is it possible to directly enter (on my keyboard) special letters unique to other european languages (danish, german, finnish etc). Currently the only way I'm able to enter these letters is by 'copying/pasting' them from another source (website/email, etc). These include:

ö
ä
ë
è
é

Is there some combination of keys (alt/ctrl/shift, etc) to enter which will include these unique markings/accents?

Thanks in advance.

Scott

Scott....
Here is a partial answer to your question..for French accents anyway. http://www.french.uiuc.edu/courses/docs/accents.pdf

Eddie

é ê œ à

Yup... the codes even work here. I can't seem to find the O with the slash through it for Jorgen's name though

Eddie

Eddie, strangely enough, the keystroke combinations in the link you gave didn't work on my PC, but I finally found (and bookmarked) this site which includes both Mac/Windows keystroke combinations for these & other special characters. These work for me

ä = alt + 0228
ë = alt + 0235
ï = Alt + 0239
ö = Alt + 0246


è = Alt + 0232
é = Alt + 0233

ø = Alt + 0248

Now we can finally properly address email to our european arranger keyboard friends. Hi Jørgen Sørensen !

Scott

Gøød Find Scott.
Your codes are the same as found on 2nd page of the link I posted. However...it didn't contain Jorgen's O.
Eddie

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In Microsoft Word, go to INSERT>SYMBOL. Find the letter you want, and Word will display a shortcut key. There is also the option in the same submenu to change the shortcut key.

That's how I do it, and I type in Spanish frequently. Es fácil niño.

Beakybird

Cool Beakybird. I learned something...but I still can't find Jorgen's slashed O.
Eddie

Scott...good to see you on the boards again.

Go to Character Map in Windows "accessories." At the top, click on whatever font you're using. Look for the letter you want, double click on it, and paste it in your document.

I sometimes keep the foreign letters I'll be using in a row at the top of my word processing document and then just scroll up and cut and paste whenever I need one (a letter).

Lucky

Also:

Ñ=Alt+164 or 165 I can not remember, one is Caps and the other one is not. Is been a long time I do not use a PC, but I remember that was what works, is from the ASCII.

I have been using an I Mac for almost 3 years, so, all I have to do, is pick the keyboard configurations in any language I wish to use, and that is it, no need to reboot or anything like that, Apple has Icons with the Flags from those countries/languages, and is very simple to get back, just click on the American flag and that is it. )

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mdorantes

Lucky, thanks so much for your words of support. Much appreciated



Thanks 4 that valuable Windows tip!

Windows XP:
Start>Accessories>System Tools>Character Map



Cool concept. Bill Gates had better get on board now with the 'international' flags thing !


Scott

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