** Reply to message from James Knott <[email protected]> on Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:10:15 -0400
> Cliff Scott wrote: > >> For those who are interested, it's possible to generate the various > >> > special characters by using the U.S. International keyboard. With it, > >> > you can use the right Alt key to create those characters, such as ü, á, > >> > , £, € etc. The left Alt key works as usual. > > Pardon my ignorance, but could you describe how that works or where one > > would > > find out that information? Thanks. > > The exact details depend on the operating system. In Linux, there's > generally a Personal Settings utility, where you can select the keyboard > type. In Windows 7, just click on the Start button and type "language" > in the box. One of the items that will be listed is "Change keboards or > other input method". In there, select the Keyboards and languages tab > and click on Change keyboards. Under English (United States), you will > find many different keyboard layouts. You can select multiple keyboards > if you wish and select the desired one by clicking on the Keyboard icon > on the bar. You can also select keyboards under other languages, such > as German, but then you have to select between languages by using the > left Alt + Shift keys. If you just want those special characters > occasionally, under English (United States), add United States - > International. You can, if you wish, delete the original US keyboard. > Since this is done at the operating system level, it works for all > applications. > > I have no idea about Macs. Thanks for the reply. I can change the keyboard type easily as you indicated. My real question, which I didn't clearly spell out, is: "once you have the USA International Keyboard" where does one find the info as to which key combo makes which special letter?" Cliff -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
