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How do I add an accented letter to a word in Word? For example, if I want to
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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 -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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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 -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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On a UK keyboard, the sequence is Ctr+Sht+~,n (without releasing the
Ctrl+Shft between pressing ~ and n). -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "pubscout" wrote in message ... 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 -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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I've got a US keyboard. Will that make a difference? Besides, I tried that,
but first, it's awfully awkward. Second, it did not work. "Terry Farrell" wrote: On a UK keyboard, the sequence is Ctr+Sht+~,n (without releasing the Ctrl+Shft between pressing ~ and n). -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "pubscout" wrote in message ... 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 -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "pubscout" wrote in message ... 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 -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Suzanne
I thought that the request was for a capital? However, it works either way here, so there's something else amiss on this users system. But what... Terry "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... 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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "pubscout" wrote in message ... 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 -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "pubscout" wrote in message ... 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 -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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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+`. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "pubscout" wrote in message ... 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 -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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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+`. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "pubscout" wrote in message ... 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 -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Nope. That' still a macination.
Ctrl+Shift+~ let go of all keys press just n Terry "pubscout" wrote in message ... 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+`. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "pubscout" wrote in message ... 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 -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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LOL! Thanks, Terry! But you have to admit that pressing one key and a letter
beats pressing three and a letter, no? "Terry Farrell" wrote: Nope. That' still a macination. Ctrl+Shift+~ let go of all keys press just n Terry "pubscout" wrote in message ... 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+`. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "pubscout" wrote in message ... 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 -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Yes. Credit where credit is due!
Terry "pubscout" wrote in message ... LOL! Thanks, Terry! But you have to admit that pressing one key and a letter beats pressing three and a letter, no? "Terry Farrell" wrote: Nope. That' still a macination. Ctrl+Shift+~ let go of all keys press just n Terry "pubscout" wrote in message ... 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+`. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "pubscout" wrote in message ... 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 -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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No, you press Ctrl+Shift+` (= Ctrl+~), release, and then press n or N
depending in whether you want lowercase or capital. For alternative methods of inserting these characters, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "pubscout" wrote in message ... 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+`. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "pubscout" wrote in message ... 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 -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Hi,
Here is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboar...International: The US keyboard layout has a second Alt key instead of the AltGr key and does not use any dead keys, and thus offers no way of inputting any sort of diacritic or accent; this makes it unsuitable for all but a handful of languages. On the other hand, US keyboard layout is widely used by programmers worldwide. U.S. keyboards are used not only in the United States, but also in most English-speaking countries, e.g. Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. In the United Kingdom, UK keyboards are used. See British and American keyboards for details. The US keyboard layout can be configured to type accents efficiently. This is known as the US-International layout. Using the same layout as the US keyboard, accented characters can be typed by pressing the appropriate accent key, then the letter on the keyboard in its unaccented form. Accent keys share the same key as ', `, ", ^ and ~. Accent keys are activated by pressing it (without holding it), and next pressing the letter that requires an accent. After the two strokes, the single accented character would appear on the screen. Note that only vowels can have accents in this way. If one wishes to use the normal single quotation mark, caret and so on, one would press the accent key followed by the spacebar. Accented characters can be typed with the following combinations: ' the letter (é) ` the letter (è) " the letter (ë) ^ the letter (ê) ~ the letter (ñ) Thus, in this sense, the keys ', `, ", ^ and ~ are dead keys when first depressed, then become normal keys functioning in the same way as keys on the US keyboard if the spacebar is pressed. There are also alternative US-International formats, whereby modifier keys such as shift and alt are used, and the placement of the accented characters are different from the placement of their unaccented counterparts. The US-International keyboards are used in The Netherlands. ------------------------------------------------------------- Here is from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306560/en-us: How to Use StickyKeys Key combinations require you to press and hold down two or more keys at once. Single-handed typists or users who use a mouth-stick have difficulty doing this. StickyKeys enables you to press a modifier key (CTRL, ALT, or SHIFT), or the Windows logo key, and have it remain active until another key is pressed. To turn on StickyKeys, follow these steps: 1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel. 2. Under Pick a category, click Accessibility Options. 3. Under or pick a Control Panel icon, click Accessibility Options. The Accessibility Options dialog box appears. 4. On the Keyboard tab, click to select the Use StickyKeys check box, and then click OK. ------------------------------------- Hope this helps. Robert On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:06:01 -0700, pubscout wrote: 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+`. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "pubscout" wrote in message ... 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 -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. -- Cheers Robert |
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Actually, Susan, your method and Terry's worked equally well. But I went to
Shortcut Keys and configured two shortcuts using ALT and the letters I needed to emulate the Mac system. Much easier, especially for one whose large fingers do not fly lightly over the keys.... But thank you all for your suggestions and help. I had no idea my question would generate such a wide response! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: No, you press Ctrl+Shift+` (= Ctrl+~), release, and then press n or N depending in whether you want lowercase or capital. For alternative methods of inserting these characters, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "pubscout" wrote in message ... 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+`. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "pubscout" wrote in message ... 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 -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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My method and Terry's were the same!
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "pubscout" wrote in message ... Actually, Susan, your method and Terry's worked equally well. But I went to Shortcut Keys and configured two shortcuts using ALT and the letters I needed to emulate the Mac system. Much easier, especially for one whose large fingers do not fly lightly over the keys.... But thank you all for your suggestions and help. I had no idea my question would generate such a wide response! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: No, you press Ctrl+Shift+` (= Ctrl+~), release, and then press n or N depending in whether you want lowercase or capital. For alternative methods of inserting these characters, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "pubscout" wrote in message ... 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+`. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "pubscout" wrote in message ... 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 -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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