how do I put French accents into my text? Marion 12/8/2008 10:01:02 PM How do I put French accents into my text?

Re: how do I put French accents into my text? grammatim <grammatim[ at ]verizon.net> 12/9/2008 12:13:17 AM The keyboard shortcuts are very simple: type Ctrl and the closest- looking character on the keyboard, then the letter you want the accent on: Ctrl-' (apostrophe) for acute, Ctrl-` for grave, Ctrl-Shift-^ for circumflex, Ctrl-Shift-~ for tilde, Ctrl-Shift-: for dieresis, Ctrl-, (comma) for cedilla, Ctrl-Shift-& then o for oe. On Dec 8, 5:01 pm, Marion <Mar...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > How do I put French accents into my text?

Re: how do I put French accents into my text? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 12/9/2008 12:51:08 AM See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Marion" <Marion[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E75A3A7E-86A2-44E9-97AE-2807FA9BA491[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > How do I put French accents into my text? >

Re: how do I put French accents into my text? "Mary Fisher" <mary.fisher[ at ]zetnet.co.uk> 12/9/2008 11:07:56 AM "grammatim" <grammatim[ at ]verizon.net> wrote in message news:c6f64b2b-2afd-4902-b3bc-1ea943d4b40f[ at ]q9g2000yqc.googlegroups.com... The keyboard shortcuts are very simple: type Ctrl and the closest- looking character on the keyboard, then the letter you want the accent on: Ctrl-' (apostrophe) for acute, Ctrl-` for grave, Ctrl-Shift-^ for circumflex, Ctrl-Shift-~ for tilde, Ctrl-Shift-: for dieresis, Ctrl-, (comma) for cedilla, Ctrl-Shift-& then o for oe. How interesting, thanks, I'll try that. I usually go to the character map. Mary

Re: how do I put French accents into my text? grammatim <grammatim[ at ]verizon.net> 12/9/2008 2:31:22 PM On Dec 9, 6:07 am, "Mary Fisher" <mary.fis...[ at ]zetnet.co.uk> wrote: [Quoted Text] > "grammatim" <gramma...[ at ]verizon.net> wrote in message > > news:c6f64b2b-2afd-4902-b3bc-1ea943d4b40f[ at ]q9g2000yqc.googlegroups.com... > The keyboard shortcuts are very simple: type Ctrl and the closest- > looking character on the keyboard, then the letter you want the accent > on: Ctrl-' (apostrophe) for acute, Ctrl-` for grave, Ctrl-Shift-^ for > circumflex, Ctrl-Shift-~ for tilde, Ctrl-Shift-: for dieresis, Ctrl-, > (comma) for cedilla, Ctrl-Shift-& then o  for oe. > > How interesting, thanks, I'll try that. I usually go to the character map.. The actual Character Map in Windows? Instead of that, it's easier to use Insert Symbol within Word. (You can also assign your own keyboard shortcuts when you're in Insert Symbol.)