Ah, not good.  Did you log a bug?

 

From: LegacyUserGroup <[email protected]> On Behalf Of 
[email protected]
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2019 10:17 PM
To: 'Legacy User Group' <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Using special alphabet characters in Legacy

 

Pasting from MS Word works until you save it. Then the Eastern European special 
characters turn into bizarre symbols.

 

John

 

From: Andrew Robbie <mailto:[email protected]>  

Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2019 1:37 PM

To: 'Legacy User Group' <mailto:[email protected]>  

Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Using special alphabet characters in Legacy

 

You can always copy/paste from something like MS Word that supports inserting 
special characters.

 

Or the ‘Alt’ + numeric keypad short cut should work directly into Legacy…

 

A

 

From: LegacyUserGroup <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> > On Behalf Of Jon M
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2019 8:38 PM
To: Legacy User Group <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> >
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Using special alphabet characters in Legacy

 

Thanks Ian and Otso,

 

Trying the character map within Windows 10 does not work. I tried. Thank you 
both for the suggestions. 


Cheers, Jon

(Sent from a mobile device)

 

On Mon, Nov 25, 2019, 5:29 PM Ian Thomas <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:

Possibly the Windows Accessories group, then 2nd item in the list, Windows 
Character Map (for Windows 10, English language)

I.L. Thomas
Victoria Park, Western Australia


-----Original Message-----
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of Otso Havu
Sent: Tuesday, 26 November 2019 8:00 AM
To: Legacy User Group <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> >
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Using special alphabet characters in Legacy

Sorry, I have a Finnish Win so help is only approximate now.

Start > roll to  Windows tools --- just after Windows Power shell --- look for 
a topless pyramide with special characters : select it :
select a character, pick and paste to Legacy

ti 26. marrask. 2019 klo 1.35 Cathy Pinner ([email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> ) kirjoitti:
>
> Jon,
>
> Not all characters can be used in Legacy. Those that can be used are 
> in the Character Map in the program. Make sure it is on at Options > 
> Customise 4.6. Then when you see this Character Ribbon, click the 
> square at the top of it to see all characters.
> I don't think the one you want is available.
>
> Cathy
>
>
> > Jon M <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >
> > Tuesday, 26 November 2019 5:06 AM
> > Can someone point me in the right direction on how to use special 
> > alphabet characters in Legacy? I have a large portion of individuals 
> > in the tree from Lithuania and Slovenia. Both alphabets have special 
> > characters.
> >
> > For example, I have a last name of Janaviče in Lithuanian, and I 
> > would like to be able to have the lower "C" hachek used in Legacy. 
> > Is this possible?
> >
> > My Windows 10 software is using English as the primary language. 
> > Note, I do not speak or write in either of these languages.
> >
> > Thank you!
> > Jon
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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