There is a way to type German Umlaute (and Spanish, Slavic, Scandinavian, and French letters and symbols) in Windows MS international keyboard systems by holding down ALT and typing a 3 or 4 digit number: ü =ALT 0252, ö = ALT 0246, ß = ALT 0223 (sharp ss or sz, not beta)
http://www.forlang.wsu.edu/help/keyboards.asp
Umlaute etc.,
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Umlaute etc.,
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- Ulrich Rudofsky
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Thank you! It seems like never a day passes without learning something new. It took me a while to figure out how to find the keyboard setting etc. At my age handling a computer is a challenging task. But I found directions at http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... 60&sd=tech
So now I have a switch on my toolbar to go from English(United States) keyboard to the United States International keyboard, e.g., from "u to ü........ and I don't have to go ALT 0252 anymore.
Thank again
So now I have a switch on my toolbar to go from English(United States) keyboard to the United States International keyboard, e.g., from "u to ü........ and I don't have to go ALT 0252 anymore.
Thank again
Ulrich
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You need to press spacebar after hitting these keys: ", ', ~, `, ' and then you get the symbol that's actually on your keyboard. Ik you want to type "k, you do not need to type ", space, k, as ", k has the same result..
It requires a little of getting used to but still beter than remembering the entire ASCII table!
It requires a little of getting used to but still beter than remembering the entire ASCII table!
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