2007/11/16, TechAdmin @ VLM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Thanks Henri. Looked there, I think my keyboard may be sufficiently old > not > to have this key. > > I have, to the right of the space bar: > normal Alt key > Win key > Right-click key (whatever it is called) > Ctrl key > > And that's it. So unless it's that Right-click key doubling in another > role, > I don't have it. > > I do appreciate your prompt and kind reply! > Elchanan > > -----Original Message----- > From: M Henri Day [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 8:28 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [users] v 2.3 - how to place special characters faster e.g. > quick key > > 2007/11/16, TechAdmin @ VLM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > From: Bob Dowling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 12:21 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [users] v 2.3 - how to place special characters faster e.g. > > quick key > > > > >> The AltGr key opens up a keyboard-based route to most European > > accented characters. > > > > Hi Bob, this is a really nice post, thanks. What is the AltGr key? > > Elchanan > > > On most keyboards, the <Alt Gr> (Alternative Graphics) key is found > immediately to the right of the <Space> key. Check out the Wikipedia > article > at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_keyboard.... > > Henri
Elchanan, does the right «Alt» key that you mention really duplicate the functions of the left «Alt» key, or is it possible that it is, in fact, the «Alt Gr» key that Bob and I have mentioned ? By the way, just how old is your laptop ? If it is, indeed, the case that the right key is no more than a duplicate of the left «Alt» key, than you might find the following passage from the Wikipedia article on the key ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltGr_key) of some interest : Originally, US PC keyboards (specifically: the US 101-key PC/AT keyboards) did not have an AltGr key, it being relevant to only non-US markets; they simply had "left" and "right" Alt keys<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt_key>. As those using such US keyboards increasingly needed the specific functionality of AltGr when typing non-English text, Windows<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows>began to allow all keystroke combinations involving AltGr to be typed by using Ctrl+Alt in its place. Therefore, it is recommended that Ctrl-Alt not be used as a modifier in Windows keyboard shortcuts as, depending on the keyboard layout and configuration, someone trying to type a special character with Ctrl-Alt may accidentally trigger the shortcut[3]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltGr_key#_note-2>, or the keypresses for the shortcut may be inadvertently interpreted as the user trying to input a special character. Thus, it might just be possible that on your machine, you can use «Ctrl + Alt» to write the glyphs in question. Give it a try !... Henri
