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Posted on 11/04/13 4:00:00 PM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3049 Reply  |
Foreign keyboard symbols
While typing in this message box last week I needed the word moire, which has an acute accent on the letter e. I changed my (Windows) keyboard languague to French, but was unable to output any French symbols from the keyboard on this site although everything worked fine in Ms Word. Steve, and others, know the answer to this. Please tell me how you did it. |
Posted on 11/04/13 5:27:25 PM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1739 Reply  |
Re: Foreign keyboard symbols
PC/Windows Users 1. Press the "Num Lock" key on the keyboard. 2. Select the "Alt" key and hold it down while you type the corresponding four-digit code for your desired accented letter. Use the numeric key pad to type in the numbers. 3. Type alt + 0224 for à, alt + 0232 for è, alt + 0235 for ì and alt + 0242 for ò. (These are grave accents.) Type alt + 0225 for á, alt + 0233 for é, alt + 0236 for í and alt + 0243 for ó. (These are acute accents.) 4. Release the alt key once you have typed the digits, and the letter and accent will appear. Mac Users 1. Select the "Option" key and hold it down while you type the letter "e" to "load" the acute accent symbol. 2. Release the "Option" and "e" keys. Type the letter you wish to accent: á, é, í, or ó. 3. Type option plus `, then your letter for grave accents (è); option plus e, then your letter for acute accents (é); option plus i, then your letter for a circumflex (ê); option plus u, then your letter for a diaeresis/umlaut (ë); and option plus n, then your letter for a tilde (ñ). |
Posted on 12/04/13 07:46:51 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7021 Reply  |
Re: Foreign keyboard symbols
Thanks for the explanation, Frank. I had no idea PC users had to remember four-digit codes. Hardly intuitive, is it. |
Posted on 12/04/13 09:09:33 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3049 Reply |
Re: Foreign keyboard symbols
Thanks for the guide Frank. Unfortunately I don't have a NumLock key on my Toshiba laptop. I do have a Function key which turns the numeric overlay on/off, but it didn't help. I have 2 Alt keys (Alt and Alt Gr) but neither made any difference. I will see if the answer is on the Tosh website. Anyway, you have pointed me in the right direction. I will let you know if/when I get the answer. |
Posted on 12/04/13 10:14:24 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3049 Reply |
Re: Foreign keyboard symbols
Frank, I have found the answer. Add a French keyboard to your PC with Start/Settings/Control Panel/Regional & Language Options/Languages/Details/Add/French (France) Then (in the same screen) you can click on Key Settings and find out what Ctl+Shift+Number you press to switch from one to another. It is probably Ctl+Shift+1 and Ctl+Shift+2 And then... Mes élèves olé! Je parle français! Und, merkwürdigerweise, kann ich plötzlich auch deutsch! |
Posted on 07/05/13 8:36:05 PM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply  |
Re: Foreign keyboard symbols
Could not get that to work on my Mac, but discovered this æ = opt+', å = opt + a, ø = opt + o, Which I will find very useful, especially as I have a very dear brother-in-law named Søren. _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |