foreign letters

[Guest]

In German, French, and Spanish vowels are used with extra additions, like the
umlaut in German, accant grave in Fench etc. How can I get to these letters
using a normal English keyboard?

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

Here's a Quick & Dirty answer: As a general rule, press Ctrl+accent
followed by the character you want accented. For example, Ctrl+' followed by
e yields é. Some accents are obvious, such as ' ` ~ ^, but others such as ü
are not (Ctrl+Shift+' followed by u).


For a more thorough & cleaner answer, take a look here:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Actually, you get ü by pressing Ctrl+colon (Ctrl+Shift+, then u. The colon
looks like an umlaut sideways, so it's not totally unintuitive.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

I remembered that as being the case, but when I tried, it didn't work, and
Ctrl+" (Ctrl+Shift+ did it instead.

This morning -- several reboots later -- Ctrl+colon is now working again.

How every odd.

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Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Note that Ctrl+Shift+; *is* the colon. Ctrl+" is Ctrl+Shift+'. It may be
that you're just as terrible a typist as I am. The fingers at the right end
of my right hand are easily confused. <g>

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

Right. I missed. There's always an enormous gap between what I type and what
I *mean* to type.

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Author of the Word 2007 Bible
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