How to type accented characters in Outlook 2003?

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Accented characters in Outlook 2003 are not entered using the same key
combinations as in Word. For instance, in Word, the key combination Ctrl-`
then a gives à, whereas à is generated in Outlook 2003 by the key combination
Ctrl-# then a - Ctrl-` then a just gives an unaccented a. I have no idea why
the difference! So far I've found the accented characters in the list below.
Does anyone know how to generate other accents such as ç and å ? It's not in
any Outlook documentation I've found.

Ctrl-' then vowel à è ì ò ù À È Ì Ò Ù
Ctrl-# then vowel á é í ó ú à É à Ó Ú
Ctrl-: then vowel ä ë ï ö ü Ä Ë à Ö Ü
Ctrl-^ then vowel â ê î ô û Â Ê Î Ô Û
Ctrl-@ then n ñ
Ctrl-@ then vowel ã õ (not e, i or u)

Alternatively:

Ctrl-Alt-vowel á é í ó ú à É à Ó Ú
AltGr-vowel á é í ó ú à É à Ó Ú
 
BarrySandell said:
Accented characters in Outlook 2003 are not entered using the same key
combinations as in Word. For instance, in Word, the key combination
Ctrl-` then a gives à, whereas à is generated in Outlook 2003 by the
key combination Ctrl-# then a - Ctrl-` then a just gives an
unaccented a. I have no idea why the difference! So far I've found
the accented characters in the list below. Does anyone know how to
generate other accents such as ç and å ? It's not in any Outlook
documentation I've found.
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Choose the character you want from Character Map (Start>All
Programs>Accessories>System Tools) or download one of the available
character composers available on the Internet. I like
http://allchars.zwolnet.com/ . It allows you to include a cedilla or a ring
(a single circle above a letter) by pressing, in sequence, Ctrl, then the
letter, then the comma or the lower case "o", to produce ç or å.
 
That's only needed when you have your keyboard language set to English or
any other language that doesn't have accents and such in their language.
Languages that do (Dutch, German, etc...) have direct support for this by
pressing SHIFT+' or " or ` or , or ^, etc... and then the character you want
to combine it with. If you don't press a valid character to combine it with
after that, it will print the original accent and character separately.
 
BarrySandell said:
Accented characters in Outlook 2003 are not entered using the same
key
combinations as in Word. For instance, in Word, the key combination
Ctrl-`
then a gives à , whereas à is generated in Outlook 2003 by the key
combination
Ctrl-# then a - Ctrl-` then a just gives an unaccented a. I have no
idea why
the difference! So far I've found the accented characters in the
list below.
Does anyone know how to generate other accents such as ç and å ?
It's not in
any Outlook documentation I've found.

Ctrl-' then vowel à è ì ò ù Ã? Ã^ ÃO Ã' ÃT
Ctrl-# then vowel á é í ó ú à Ã? à Ã" Ãs
Ctrl-: then vowel ä ë ï ö ü Ã" Ã< à Ã- Ão
Ctrl-^ then vowel â ê î ô û Ã, ÃS ÃZ Ã" Ã>
Ctrl-@ then n ñ
Ctrl-@ then vowel ã õ (not e, i or u)

Alternatively:

Ctrl-Alt-vowel á é í ó ú à Ã? à Ã" Ãs
AltGr-vowel á é í ó ú à Ã? à Ã" Ãs
Click to expand...


Memorizing the keyboard shortcuts for accented characters sounds as
handy as memorizing using Alt+<4digitcode> for them. In other words,
a lot of memorization that might not gets used often to warrant the
memorization. Charmap is probably easier to use than trying to
repeatedly guess at what is the key combo or Alt+code for an accented
character.
 
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