Well, glad I helped, even if in a round-about way. I think actually we were talking about exactly the same thing, I must just not have communicated it very well. I press Option e, release them, and then hit the vowel I want to have the diacritic for. So, I'm not sure where the confusion was, but glad you got it. Best, Donna On Jul 28, 2009, at 9:39 AM, Scott Howell wrote:
> > Hi DOnna, thanks, but it seems what I get is åe > , which seems to give a different character and in fact two > characters instead of one. Now you gave me an idea I had not tried I > guess. It seems if you hit option-e, release, and hit the letter e, I > get exactly what I want. So, yes, you helped and thank you so much. > I just couldn't quite recall what I did and though and just didn't > realize it was two keystrokes. I had it in my mind it was one > keystroke. Now I have something to play with and I can try all sorts > of stuff. > > THanks again, > > > On Jul 28, 2009, at 7:48 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > >> >> Hi Scott, >> >> Don't know if this will help, but this is one I think I actually >> have the answer to, at least in part. >> >> Don't know what type of accent you want, but for acute accents press >> option-e, release both, and then type the letter you need. I'm not >> sure yet how to get a grave accent, so if that's what you need, I >> apologize. >> Best, >> Donna >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Scott Howell <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 7:03 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Making special characters >> >> >> Hi John, unfortunately I have a US keyboard, which I think is a >> little >> different than the keyboard layout your using. I'm not sure what key >> is to the left of your delete key. For me it is the equal key. My >> understanding is that the option key in combination with another key >> or keys will produce the result. The problem for me is despite every >> possible key combination, I just can't hit the right one, but I sure >> have tried all I could think of. :) I appreciate the input and maybe >> you can tell me what key that is on your keyboard and I can then >> figure out what it is for me. >> >> Thanks, >> >> On Jul 28, 2009, at 6:41 AM, A-Pro Studio wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Scott, >>> >>> Since I have this letter in my name, I suppose I should try to help >>> you out here... ;-) >>> >>> On my norwegian keyboard, I press the key just to the left of the >>> delete key, and then the e key. If you use control-option-K I think >>> you will find it pretty fast. >>> >>> Hope this helps, >>> HTH >>> John André Netland >>> >>> >>> On 28. juli. 2009, at 12.20, Scott Howell wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Folks, I asked this question a while back and I recall pretty much >>>> how >>>> to do this, but I for the life of me can't seem to get this one >>>> character. >>>> I am trying to create the character 'Latin small letter E with a >>>> Q'. >>>> If I press option semicolon, I get the æ 'Latin small letter E', >>>> but I >>>> can't come up with how you get the Q tossed in there. I've tried >>>> every >>>> key combination I could think of, but something is just not >>>> happening. >>>> So, any help would be appreciated. >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
