For Mac, if you're using Microsoft Word, you can either go to the
Insert Menu and choose "symbol," which will show you what is
available in the font you're working with, click what you want, and
then click "insert"--
OR you can learn a few of the Option combinations:
pressing Option and the ~` key together, for example, will hold a
place, then pressing the letter you want accented will print the
letter with an accent grave-- è.
Option and e, then the letter, will make an accent égue--é.
Option and i, then a letter, gives the letter an accent circonflex--ô.
Option and u, then the letter, will give you an umlauted letter ü, ä,
etc.
Option and c automatically gives a c with a cedilla, ç.
Option and o gives you ø.
Option and n produces a place, then typing n again gives you ñ.
And so on.
Experiment with your Option key if you've got a Mac, then learn the
combinations that give you the accidentals you want.
THEN the challenge is persuading your e-mail server to send what
you've typed. I don't know if these wonderful illustrations I've
typed in will reproduce in the message everybody receives. So if
you're reading this message and seeing formatting commands rather
than accents, umlauts, cedillas, tildas, etc., then you're
experiencing the miracle of incompatible programs!
--Ruth Anne Baumgartner
scholar gypsy and amateur costumer
On Jun 26, 2007, at 11:53 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 6/26/2007 2:31:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
(Sorry no accents - don't know how!)
Suzi
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FYI....
I don't know how to do it on a Mac, but if you have Windows:
Go to START
Then to "All Programs"
then to "Accessories"
then to "System Tools"
Find the "Character Map" and go to it.
At the top of that window you will see a drop down list of fonts [The
default is usually Ariel] Find the font you want...though most have
the same
characters in the same place.
Then there's a grid with all the characters of that font displayed.
If you
click on the letter with an accent you want...or the symbol you
want... it will
show up on the grid larger. You may select it by clicking on the
"select"
button or by double clicking the character. Then you may copy it
by using the
"copy" button and paste it in your text wherever you want.
Also, if you click on the letter you want, at the bottom of the window
you'll see a written description of the letter and , on the far
right lower corner
the word "Keystroke" followed by "alt" and a number. If you hold
down the
"alt" key on your keyboard, and type in the number over in the
number pad on the
right side of the keyboard [as opposed to the numbers above the
letters] the
letter you chose will appear. This will happen whether you have the
character map up or not.
This all sounds complicated but in practice it's not.
For instance, I use bullets a lot so I know the number. Anytime I
press
"Alt" plus 0183 on the number pad, a bullet will appear in my
text. like this:
··· [3 of them]
Here's an "n" with a tilde for Spanish... "alt" plus the number
0241: ñ
Here's the capital "N" with a tilde... "alt" + 0209: Ñ
If you're just using a character in just one post, it's easier to
just copy
it and paste it. But if you use it all the time, you might as well
memorize
the number, then you won't need to go to the Character Map.
You can also drag the icon for the character map to your desktop
from the
Programs menu. That way you don't have to go to Start and all that,
there will
be a shortcut to it on your desk top.
Now....who knows how to do it on a Mac?
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