2008/3/29, Matt Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Can you please tell me how to obtain foreign characters, (e.g. > cedillas, accents, etc,) without going into windows ecplorer character > map. Is ther a way of doing it from within the word processor? > > Bernard Davis
Long time since using Windows now, but isn't it something like Alt+[decimal character code starting with zero]? I don't know if this goes for any keyboard, but on my keyboards, which are Swedish, there are keys with dead characters like ´, `, ^, ˇ, ¨ and ~. To obtain a ñ, first hit ~, then n. Or à by hitting ` and then a. But maybe not all keyboards have those keys? And, once again I am not sure about Windows, but I defined my own keyboard layout, so I now have 4 different characters on most keys (I put labels on my keys so I won't forget which key is what), so I just use the AltGr key (is this a standard key or is it only available on Swedish keyboards?) and Shift key to call the different characters. I even have symbols on my arrow keys, such as ←, ↓, → and ↑, and they still work also as just arrow keys (when not using the AltGr key). J.R.
