So pressing Ctrl+SHIFT+~, then releasing Ctrl and SHIFT while still holding
~down and pressing "n" gives me what I want?
Wow. That's a pretty involved, unflowing process to get a single accent
mark, isn't it? On Macs, you press OPTION and the letter and you get your
results. Too bad that Windows Logo button doesn't have that functionality.
(We regular Mac users are probably going to sound a bit curmudgeonly from
time to time. Forgive us.)
Thanks for your help, Herb. It is much appreciated.
"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
On most keyboards, you can't. So, in reality, you press Ctrl+Shift+` (which
effectively is Ctrl+~). Suzanne's point was that you press Ctrl+Shift+`,
remove your fingers, and then press the n key. I.e., when you press the n
key, you should not still be pressing Ctrl+Shift+`.
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"pubscout" wrote in message
...
How can I press Ctrl+~ without pressing the SHIFT key?
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
You're probably not doing it right. Press Ctrl+~ or Ctrl+' and then
release.
These are the "setup keys." Then type the letter you want the accent
over, n
or N, e or E. It's a two-step process, and one of the mistakes many users
make is not releasing the Shift key (needed to type Ctrl+~, which is
Ctrl+Shift+`) before typing the following letter, so they always get
capitals instead of the desired lowercase.
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"pubscout" wrote in message
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Thanks for the tip, Jay. But I'm still having a bit of trouble. For
example
when I opened the symbol button and found what the keyboard shortcut
was,
it
would never work. It only opened up some other unrelated dialog box.
CTRL+~,SHIFT,N for example never gave ma an n with a tilde over the top
of
it. CTRL+', E never gave me the accented e I sought. I developed a
workaround
by changing the shortcut key, but the whole process seems a lot more
tedious
than it ought to be.
"Jay Freedman" wrote:
On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:19:00 -0700, pubscout
wrote:
How do I add an accented letter to a word in Word? For example, if I
want to
accent the "e" in resume (for a job) or put a tilde over the "n" in
senor
(Spanish).
See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...tSpecChars.htm
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