I do translation work and often have to work with accented letters and other non-English symbols. Below is a cheet sheet I use for such occasions with links to other resources.
Windows - Microsoft Word Codes These codes apply to Microsoft Word on Windows only. If you are using another software package, use use must use one of the other <http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/accents/index.html#win> methods of inputting accents. This page list codes for accented letters and other characters. The list is organized by type. These tables show select codes only, not all possible codes. NOTE: Word also has the Insert Symbol tool, available on the Insert menu. See instructions <http://language.la.psu.edu/tell/workshops/accents_in_word/index.html> for Insert Symbol posted by the Center for Language Acquisition. <http://language.la.psu.edu/> This Page 1. Letters <http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/accents/codeword.html#accent#accent> with Accents - (e.g. ó, ò, ñ) 2. Other <http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/accents/codeword.html#foreign#foreign> Foreign Characters - (e.g. ç, ¿, ß) 3. Links <http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/accents/codeword.html#link#link> to External References Letters with Accents This list is organized by Accent type. The sample shows a letter with that accent, and the Notes present any special comments about using that accent. For the Template, the symbol "V" means any vowel. Word for Windows Accent Codes ACCENT SAMPLE TEMPLATE NOTES Acute ó Ó Control+', V ' = apostrophe key Circumflex ô Ô Shift+Control+^, V Grave ò Ò Control+`, V Tilde ñ Ñ Shift+Control+~, V Only works with "n,N,o,O,a,A" Umlaut ö Ö Shift+Control+:, V := colon key Example 1: To type the letter ó, hold down the Control key, then press the apostrophe key. Release both keys and type o. The accented letter should appear. Example 2: To type the letter Ó, hold down the Control key, then press the apostrophe key. Release both keys and type O. The accented letter should appear. Example 3: To type ñ, hold down the Shift key, then the Control key, then the ~ key. Release all three keys, then type n. Top <http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/accents/codeword.html#top#top> of Page Other Foreign Characters This list is current for Word 2000. Some foreign characters may not have codes in earlier versions of Word. Word for Windows Foreign Character Codes SYMBOL NAME CODE NOTES ¡ Upside-down exclamation point Alt+Shift+Control+! Either Alt key works. ¿ Upside-down question mark Alt+Shift+Control+? Either Alt key works. Ç,ç French C cedille (caps/lowecase) Control+,,c Control+,,C For ç, press Control, then the comma key. Release then press c. Œ,œ OE ligature (caps/lowecase) Shift+Control+&,o Shift+Control+&,O ß German Sharp/Double S Shift+Control+&,S Ø,ø Nordic O slash (caps/lowecase) Control+/,o Control+/,O Å,å Nordic A-ring, Angstrom sign (caps/lowecase) Shift+Control+@,a Shift+Control+@,A A with ring/Angstrom Sign Æ,æ Old English AE ligature (caps/lowecase) Shift+Control+&,a Shift+Control+&,A Ð,ð Old English eth (caps/lowecase) Control+',d Control+',D Icelandic/Old English eth ' = apostrophe key Example 1: To input Spanish upside down exclamation point ¡ (Alt+Shift+Control+!), hold down the Alt key, then the Shift key, the the Control key, then the ! key. Release all four keys, and the ¡ punctuation will appear. Example 2: To input French oe ligature œ (Shift+Control+&,o), hold down the Shift key, then the Control key, then the & key. Release all three keys and then type o to make the letter appear. Links to External References These are links to alternate instructions for inputting accents and other characters with the International Keyboard. * Penn <http://language.la.psu.edu/tell/workshops/accents_in_word/index.html> State Center for Language Acquisition * Penn <http://www.libraries.psu.edu/artshumanities/romance/Accents.html> State University Libraries -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike & Barbara Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 3:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] suggestion for the symnbols dialog Hi Inthane, Check out the link below & see if this is what you want. http://www.jaws-users.com/text/MISC/SymbolsAndCharactersKeystrokes.zip Hope this helps. Take care. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: inthane To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 3:19 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] suggestion for the symnbols dialog -- sidebar: where did you get the symbol, and do you know where one might get a set of Ascii codes for such items? I had a fairly extensive list at one time, including some odd ones most folks didn't know of, but lost it in a computer crash years ago (the one that taught me a lesson about backups, secondary hard drives, external drives and the value of a network computer for the sole provided job of carrying a secondary copy of everything on ones main computers!) but when I found my paper listing of the sight, I found it was among the land of "for sale domain names" and the list of characters was gone ! so anyone who has a good list source please pass it along inthane . Moderator, Blind Access Help. . Owner: Alacorn Computer Enterprises "own the might and majesty of an alacorn" www.alacorncomputer.com . proprietor: Inthane's Grab Bag for blind computer users and Programmers! http://grabbag.alacorncomputer.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darrin Porter" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 12:05 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] suggestion for the symnbols dialog Here, Here! In my job, I have to type the Maltese Cross symbol all the time and would love to add it to the list (the top of the list, actually). Darrin Darrin Porter Senior Technical Engineer United Ocean Services, L.L.C. 601 South Harbour Island Boulevard, Suite 230 Tampa, Florida 33602 (813) 209-4247 (office) (813) 744-0011 (cellular phone) (813) 242-4849 (fax) [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of André van Deventer Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 10:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [JAWS-Users] suggestion for the symnbols dialog Hi all Something I would like to suggest as a new feature for the symbols dialog [jaws ke plus 4]. Although this dialog already contains quite a few of the most commonly used symbols, it would be very nice indeed if one could add your own special symbols to this list. My home language uses quite a few symbols which are not part of that list. Would be wonderful to be able to add them. I have no idea how easy this would be to implement!! 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