David Kenny writes: >I know this is a OT conversation, but does anyone know how Spanish >characters are created in Appleworks 6?
Does AppleWorks run on an iMac? Then it's not OT. >I'm writing a grant for 15 Macs for placement in a school setting. The >school is a language immersion school (English/Spanish), and support for >accented characters is a must. > >With PCs, these characters are commonly achieved as combinations of the >[ALT] key and an ASCII code. There are also ways to remap the keyboard >(changing the output of the keys, so that keypresses result in Spanish >accented characters, rather than US-standard English, as printed on the >keys themselves). > >What options will I have under AppleWorks 6? None. That's all handled by the OS. The best bet might be acquiring Spanish language Macs if you're buying new. They are not easily found here in the States, but they are available. That will give you a Spanish language OS and keyboard -- might be just what you need. Might not. Next option would be acquiring Spanish keyboards. Worst option is learning how to type special characters -- and this is supported in the OS, so you can do it in AppleWorks, SimpleText, Microsoft Office, etc. Standard Mac foreign characters n with tilde option-n followed by n vowel with tilde option-n followed by vowel vowel with umlaut option-u followed by vowel vowel with acute accent option-e followed by vowel vowel with grave accent option-` followed by vowel vowel with ^ over it option-i followed by vowel cedilla (c with funny thing underneath) option-c German double-s option-s I hope this helps you and others who need to sometimes enter characters that don't appear on the English keyboard. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com> <http://lowendpc.com> <http://reformed.net> The more acceptance that technology gets, the harder it is to change. If enough people are stuck at the same level, they think it's the truth. -- Bjarne Stroustrup -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
