To enter Jørgen's " ø ":

Simply press & hold the "ALT KEY", then enter "0248". Works For me.

Weird... most of those symbols are simply achieved on a Mac...

ø is Option(alt) o (small O).. å is Option a... in fact here's my Querty with option...

œ∑´®†¥¨ˆøπåß∂ƒ©˙∆∆˚¬Ω≈ç√∫˜µ

Shift option: Œ„´‰ˇÁ¨ˆØ∏ÅÍÎÏ˝ÓÔÒ¸˛Ç◊ı˜Â

plus others for numbers, etc.

Why does Windows make this so hard?

Scott

good to see you again after some years, my friend.

ciao from Italy

You are writing in Hebrew.
Well, it might be depending on regional settings on each machine.
I have Hebrew Windows 7, Using Firefox 3.5, with page coding of Hebrew (windows-1255).

What I see is Hebrew letters.

Nice to see you back Scott!!

Yes . . . on a Mac.

eg, ALT + E = é.

What you guys put up with back there in the Windows world is just NUTS ("Alt + 0233", LOL).

Nuts yeah , but growing up a Mac fan (we had Macs in school afterall ), I later only reluctantly moved to Windows so I could run critical Yamaha utility software and other 'available on windows only' software. I keep contemplating returning home to the Mac platform, but Mac vs Windows PC prices and far greater windows software availability have kept me on a PC now. That said: Is 'dual boot' or 'Windows emulation software' the better choice for running both the Mac OS and Windows on a Mac?

Scott

What keys do I press (on a Mac) if I want this type of è or ê or ë?

I've been using the Alt + xxx for Unicode special characters since....well, since the days of DOS, I guess. Want a real tough password to crack, throw in a few Unicode special characters (just don't forget the key sequence).

Here's a continuation (from the link above) on keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Word and WordPad (doesn't work in IE).




-mike

Hi Scott, nice to see you post again .

Many native characters such as i.e. æ, ø, å (Æ, Ø, Å) etc. are not possible to find in
every fonttype simply because they're not in the particular font library.
To change the location/language for the keyboard (Controlpanel) may be helpful, but
since the characters are not visible on the keyboard itself, it's not a easy way.

Maybe this is a bit helpful?
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/accents/charmap.html

Cheers
GJ

If you know your European languages, the accents are all exactly where you'd intuitively look for them.

ALT + ` = è
ALT + i = ê
ALT + u = ë

"Unicode special characters", LOL.