what is the shortcut for an umlaut?

[Guest]

for some reason the ctrl + shift + vowel isn't working for me and i would
like to know the alt + 3 digit number shortcut is for a,e,i,o and u is (with
umlauts). This is quite urgently needed as i am starting german gcse
coursework.
thank you!

 

[Jay Freedman]

for some reason the ctrl + shift + vowel isn't working for me and i would
like to know the alt + 3 digit number shortcut is for a,e,i,o and u is (with
umlauts). This is quite urgently needed as i am starting german gcse
coursework.
thank you!

The default shortcut is not Ctrl+Shift+vowel, it's Ctrl+: (or
Ctrl+Shift+ followed by the vowel without the Ctrl key.

For reference, though, the Alt+number values (which require the
leading zero) are

ä = 0228
ë = 0235
ï = 0239
ö = 0246
ü = 0252

These and the other shortcuts are available in the Insert > Symbol
dialog. See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm
for more.

 

[Paul Ballou]

http://www.forlang.wsu.edu/help/keyboards.asp
See if the list here helps
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[Joe McGuire]

Try Ctrl + Shift + : and then your letter. Dann gehts so schön!

For more information on inserting international (and other) characters and
symbols see this MVP paper:
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm