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how do i put ` mark over top of the letter e such as in Beef Jardinie`re
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Stefan Blom
First type ` and then type the letter; the result will be: è.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
But note that that is an accent, not an overscore.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
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Stefan Blom
Good point. I actually didn't even pay attention to the subject line.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Well, based on the subject line, I was prepared to give a reference to
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm (if you hadn't already done
so), but then I saw the message body.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm (if you hadn't already done
so), but then I saw the message body.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
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Peter T. Daniels
? Is that on a French keyboard? On "English (US)," it's Ctrl-`, e
(same for each vowel with grave accent, cap or l.c.).
(same for each vowel with grave accent, cap or l.c.).
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Stefan Blom
I just wrote ` because the actual keystrokes required are different
depending on your keyboard layout. On my Swedish keyboard, I will have to
type Shift+´ to accomplish `.
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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
? Is that on a French keyboard? On "English (US)," it's Ctrl-`, e
(same for each vowel with grave accent, cap or l.c.).
depending on your keyboard layout. On my Swedish keyboard, I will have to
type Shift+´ to accomplish `.
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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
? Is that on a French keyboard? On "English (US)," it's Ctrl-`, e
(same for each vowel with grave accent, cap or l.c.).
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
But that's still an international keyboard layout. With the standard US/UK
layout, we have to use the built-in keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+`, e.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
layout, we have to use the built-in keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+`, e.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
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Peter T. Daniels
But for Stefan, it's not international, it's native! 
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Stefan Blom
So you are saying that ´ and ` aren't "dead" keys on a standard US/UK
keyboard layout?
keyboard layout?
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
No, they are not. There is no ´ (acute accent) key per se; the ' key is used
for apostrophes/single quotes and (when shifted) double quotes, and it is
part of the setup key for letters with an acute accent. The ` key, when
shifted, gives ~. It's actually rather a mystery why this key is present at
all. I do use a tilde (so-called, though it's too low to be an accent over a
letter) instead of an en dash or round bullet sometimes to separate items in
display text, and of course it's used in URLs, but I see no practical use of
the ` at all except as part of the setup key for letters with a grave
accent.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
for apostrophes/single quotes and (when shifted) double quotes, and it is
part of the setup key for letters with an acute accent. The ` key, when
shifted, gives ~. It's actually rather a mystery why this key is present at
all. I do use a tilde (so-called, though it's too low to be an accent over a
letter) instead of an en dash or round bullet sometimes to separate items in
display text, and of course it's used in URLs, but I see no practical use of
the ` at all except as part of the setup key for letters with a grave
accent.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
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Stefan Blom
Interesting.
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Peter T. Daniels
Why should there be? The vast majority of English-users never have
occasion to use an accent; there were never accents on US typewriters.
occasion to use an accent; there were never accents on US typewriters.
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Ian Rastall
It's a left-single quote, which can be used for that purpose in any
software that recognizes it as such. TeX is one application that uses
it.
Ian
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
It is *not* a left single quote in Word (which is what this NG is about); it
is a grave accent [U0060]. It can be used in the shortcut Ctrl+`, ` to
insert a left single quote if Word's AutoFormat As You Type doesn't do so
correctly, but it does not insert the left single quote character [U2018].
It is also an unwarranted intrusion in many contexts. I was frustrated for
years with one Web site to which I posted regularly that converted the '
character [U0027] to `, making, for example, "don't" appear as "don`t"--very
disconcerting.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
is a grave accent [U0060]. It can be used in the shortcut Ctrl+`, ` to
insert a left single quote if Word's AutoFormat As You Type doesn't do so
correctly, but it does not insert the left single quote character [U2018].
It is also an unwarranted intrusion in many contexts. I was frustrated for
years with one Web site to which I posted regularly that converted the '
character [U0027] to `, making, for example, "don't" appear as "don`t"--very
disconcerting.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
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Twayne
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But that's not an overscore, which is what the OP aksed. Unfortunately there
is no overscore on many keyboards so to use the keyboard, the language first
has to be worked out. It's like no one can READ these days.
Twayne
Peter T. Daniels said:
But that's not an overscore, which is what the OP aksed. Unfortunately there
is no overscore on many keyboards so to use the keyboard, the language first
has to be worked out. It's like no one can READ these days.
Twayne
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Twayne
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And how would you do an overscore?
Stefan Blom said:
And how would you do an overscore?
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Twayne
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No, not for an overscore.
Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
No, not for an overscore.
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Twayne
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And it's NOT what the OP asked for either! HOW do you do the overscore?
Jeez, talk about ignoring the OP!
Twayne
Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
And it's NOT what the OP asked for either! HOW do you do the overscore?
Jeez, talk about ignoring the OP!
Twayne
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Did you actually read the original post? Although the subject line says
"over score," the actual message says:
<<how do i put ` mark over top of the letter e such as in Beef Jardinie`re>>
From this it is clear that what the OP is looking for is an e with a grave
accent (regardless of what he calls it). I did refer to the
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm article in another post, but
that is NOT what the OP was asking for.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"over score," the actual message says:
<<how do i put ` mark over top of the letter e such as in Beef Jardinie`re>>
From this it is clear that what the OP is looking for is an e with a grave
accent (regardless of what he calls it). I did refer to the
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm article in another post, but
that is NOT what the OP was asking for.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
Twayne said: