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Jan
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Diacritics
« : 23.09.04 at 10:24 » |
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How does Sean Kelly get that accent over the a?
It seems discourteous to miss it out but time's too short at present to check the manuals.
Jan
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S J Birkill
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Re: Diacritics
« Reply #1: 23.09.04 at 14:46 » |
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on 23.09.04 at 10:24, Jan wrote:| How does Sean Kelly get that accent over the a? |
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I'll bet he was given it at an early age. But there are various other ways for the rest of us, including any of these:
1. Copy it from his message (highlight the "á" or the whole "Seán", ctrl-C, then ctrl-V into yours).
2. Ensure Num Lock is on, then, using the numeric key pad, do alt-0225.
3. From the Windows Start menu, use the Character Map ([Start » Programs » Accessories » System Tools » Character Map » (select á) » Select » Copy], then ctrl-V into your message).
4. In an HTML source document, enter "á".
5. In an MS Word document, do "ctrl-'" (that's hold <control> and hit the single inverted comma key) followed by "a". This shortcut may also be used in other Windows programs if your keyboard is set to "United States-International".
Steve
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Jan
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Re: Diacritics
« Reply #2: 23.09.04 at 15:10 » |
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Thanks Steve! I'll try it next time.
Jan
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Secret Drinker
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Re: Diacritics
« Reply #3: 23.09.04 at 15:43 » |
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on 23.09.04 at 14:46, S J Birkill wrote:
In an MS Word document, do "ctrl-'" (that's hold <control> and hit the single inverted comma key) followed by "a". This shortcut may also be used in other Windows programs if your keyboard is set to "United States-International". |
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Or if (like me) you don't know or can't remember the codes, use the MS Word Insert > Symbol... menu option to select from an impressive range of accented characters (and other things), then copy and paste them into your message - déád èãsy! 
(But be warned - they don't all work when you paste them into your message, as I just discovered!)
Paul
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Colin Crooks
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Re: Diacritics
« Reply #4: 23.09.04 at 20:04 » |
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If you're interested I have a Word document that lists the diacriticals that can be created using alt and the numeric keypad
Colin
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Seán Kelly
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Re: Diacritics
« Reply #5: 29.10.04 at 23:09 » |
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or you could just do what I do - hit the alt gr key (alternative grammar - or something very like that!) to the right of the space bar at the same time as you hit the a - you can vary the language setting to Greek etc but the default will do for my name anyway.
so, now will you write to me Jan! 
Seán
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Jan
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Re: Diacritics
« Reply #6: 01.11.04 at 16:50 » |
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Gosh it works!
How embarrassing to know that I've worked with a keyboard for nearly 15 years, and never even thought to ask what that key was for. 
There's another key next but one to it with a little arrow pointing to the top of a page, I think I'll save the excitement of that for tomorrow.
Jan
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Re: Diacritics
« Reply #8: 08.11.04 at 12:50 » |
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on 08.11.04 at 12:10, JtJ wrote:Whatdoestheverylongkeyatthebottomdo?
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Eh?Whatlongkey?
Cheers
Paul
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Colin Crooks
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Re: Diacritics
« Reply #9: 08.11.04 at 17:28 » |
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