On 10/14/2012 10:24 AM, Gene Young wrote: > On 10/14/2012 10:07 AM, Confused wrote: >> On 10/13/2012 7:59 PM, RHS Consulting wrote: >>> To avoid printing complications, may I suggest you write all Umlauts with >>> an "e" which is standard practice worldwide. >> >> It is standard practice ? I have never heard that before, so if you >> could offer me a reference it would be appreciated. All my umlauts print >> fine. I also enter all my names and locations as is spelled, with >> umlauts in Legacy. I have hundreds of Swedish names and locations. >> > > http://www.ehow.com/how_8099136_type-umlaut-laptop.html > > One of hundreds available. I was taught by native German speakers to > type "oe", "ae" etc. Of course there were no computers back then but > the standard has not changed, just become less necessary. >
I was snooping around Wikipedia and it was very interesting addressing the German language and the use of Umlauts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaeresis_%28diacritic%29 -- Tim Rosenlof Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
