Foreign language toolbars

[Guest]

In Word 2003 I downloaded French, Dutch and German toolbars (I can't remember
from where), which contained certain characters such as ê or ö. You just
clicked on the required character and it was inserted into the document. I've
recently installed Office 2007 and despite many searches can't find anything.
Can anybody please point me in the right direction?

 

[Graham Mayor]

What you describe is the International Characters Toolbar for Word 2003 -
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...9a4-4a01-8382-dfe35bcbac03&displaylang=enThis is a COM add-in for Word. Whether it will work with 2007 I cannot say.--<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>Graham Mayor - Word MVPMy web site www.gmayor.comWord MVP web site http://word.mvps.org<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>Nicol du Toit wrote:> In Word 2003 I downloaded French, Dutch and German toolbars (I can't> remember from where), which contained certain characters such as ê or> ö. You just clicked on the required character and it was inserted> into the document. I've recently installed Office 2007 and despite> many searches can't find anything. Can anybody please point me in the> right direction?

 

[Guest]

Thanks very much, but unfortunately it doesn't work with Word 2007.

 

[Guest]

In Word 2003 I downloaded French, Dutch and German toolbars (I can't remember
from where), which contained certain characters such as ê or ö. You just
clicked on the required character and it was inserted into the document. I've
recently installed Office 2007 and despite many searches can't find anything.
Can anybody please point me in the right direction?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm. There are
built-in keyboard shortcuts for all the characters you mention.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
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Thanks very much, but unfortunately it doesn't work with Word 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...9a4-4a01-8382-dfe35bcbac03&displaylang=enThis

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www.gmayor.comWord MVP web site http://word.mvps.org<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<>
<>>< <>><<>Nicol du Toit wrote:> In Word 2003 I downloaded French, Dutch and
German toolbars (I can't> remember from where), which contained certain
characters such as ê or> ö. You just clicked on the required character and
it was inserted> into the document. I've recently installed Office 2007 and
despite> many searches can't find anything. Can anybody please point me in
the> right direction?

 

[Guest]

I used to be able to type these characters, but it doesn't work any more. Is
there some way to toggle this feature back on?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See the Help topic "Use a keyboard layout for a specific language."

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[Guest]

See the Help topic "Use a keyboard layout for a specific language."

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

I tried that, but the French keyboard is arranged quite differently from the
one we use--e.g, when you type the "a" key you get a "q" and there are about
20 other keys that are also different. That's even more cumbersome that
using the "insert character" routine.

I don't know what I did to turn off the "keystroke combinations" feature,
but if it is a built-in, there must some way to get it back. I'm using
Office 2007 Home and Student edition on XP. Can you please dig a little
deeper and see if there is a way to revive the keystroke combinations?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You don't have to enable French; try United States-International.

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[Guest]

Magnifique! Merci beaucoup!

You don't have to enable French; try United States-International.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Glad I could help. I personally find the built-in shortcuts adequate for the
amount of French I type, but I can see that if you were going to be doing a
lot of it, an international keyboard layout would help.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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