French Language

[Guest]

Is there any way for a USA Word 2000 user to type in French? I know the
spell checker can check French spelling, but this user wants the accented
characters.

Thanks,
Craig.

 

[Opinicus]

Is there any way for a USA Word 2000 user to type in French? I know the
spell checker can check French spelling, but this user wants the accented
characters.

You need to install the French keyboard and French language support from the
Control Panel:

Control Panel > Regional and Language Support > Languages > Details >
Settings > Add

In the "Input Language" menu choose the flavor of French that is wanted. In
the "Keyboard Layout" menu choose "French". Apply/OK your way back out. A
reboot helps make things permanent.

I have my system set up so that the left-shift + left-alt combo toggles
between my two input languages and keyboard layouts. You can set that up
from the "Language Bar" and "Key Settings" buttons on the Settings page.

 

[R.V. Gronoff]

Opinicus a écrit :

You need to install the French keyboard and French language support from the
Control Panel:

Control Panel > Regional and Language Support > Languages > Details >
Settings > Add

In the "Input Language" menu choose the flavor of French that is wanted. In
the "Keyboard Layout" menu choose "French". Apply/OK your way back out. A
reboot helps make things permanent.

I have my system set up so that the left-shift + left-alt combo toggles
between my two input languages and keyboard layouts. You can set that up
from the "Language Bar" and "Key Settings" buttons on the Settings page.

The best thing is to get a Canadian keyboard: it's plain QWERTY (unlike
the French AZERTY kbd) and features an extra key to type all the
accentuated letters.

 

[Opinicus]

The best thing is to get a Canadian keyboard: it's plain QWERTY (unlike
the French AZERTY kbd) and features an extra key to type all the
accentuated letters.

The hardware (keyboard) alone won't do it so far as I know. You have to
install the language and keyboard support in Windows as well for the
keyboard's keys to be properly recognized.

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Craig,

Is there any way for a USA Word 2000 user to type in French? I know the
spell checker can check French spelling, but this user wants the accented
characters.

If the user doesn't want to change their keyboard layout (I rarely do!), the
accented characters can be typed using Word's built-in shortcuts. Search
there term "international characters" in Word's Help and you should turn up
a list.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

There is also a list (along with other info) at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm

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

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