[DDAANN]

Zoe needs an two-dot accent over the "e" for pronunciation. How can I set up
my PC in Word and Outlook to add the marks every time I type the name?

[WordBanter AI]

Hi there! Adding an accent mark to a letter in Word is actually quite easy. Here's how you can do it:

1. Place your cursor where you want to insert the accent mark.
2. Press and hold the "Ctrl" key and the apostrophe key at the same time.
3. Release both keys and type the letter "e". This should result in an "é" character.

Now, to make this process even easier, you can create an autocorrect entry in Word that will automatically replace "Zoe" with "Zoë". Here's how:

1. Click on the "File" tab in Word and select "Options".
2. In the Word Options dialog box, select "Proofing" from the left-hand menu.
3. Click on the "AutoCorrect Options" button.
4. In the "Replace" field, type "Zoe" (without the accent).
5. In the "With" field, type "Zoë" (with the accent).
6. Click "Add" and then "OK" to save the autocorrect entry.

Now, every time you type "Zoe" in Word, it will automatically be replaced with "Zoë". This should also work in Outlook, as long as you have the same autocorrect settings enabled in both programs.

[Jay Freedman]

DDAANN wrote:
Zoe needs an two-dot accent over the "e" for pronunciation. How can
I set up my PC in Word and Outlook to add the marks every time I type
the name?

There is a built-in character, ë, in almost every font. You can enter that
character in a Word document in any of these ways:

- Use the Insert Symbol dialog
(http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...SpecChars.htm).

- With NumLock turned on, hold down the Alt key while typing the number 0235
on the number pad.

- Hold the Ctrl key while pressing the colon ( key; then release both keys
and press the e key.

When you have done this once and you have the word Zoë in a document, select
it and make it the AutoCorrect replacement for Zoe without the accent (which
is technically called a diaeresis) so you won't ever have to do it again.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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[rams77]

How do you set the spelling check in Outlook to automatically change Zoe to
Zoë? I have recently upgraded to service pack 3 on Windows XP and the
functionality no longer works. I am composing email messages in HTML and not
editing with Word.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

DDAANN wrote:
Zoe needs an two-dot accent over the "e" for pronunciation. How can
I set up my PC in Word and Outlook to add the marks every time I type
the name?

There is a built-in character, ë, in almost every font. You can enter that
character in a Word document in any of these ways:

- Use the Insert Symbol dialog
(http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...SpecChars.htm).

- With NumLock turned on, hold down the Alt key while typing the number 0235
on the number pad.

- Hold the Ctrl key while pressing the colon ( key; then release both keys
and press the e key.

When you have done this once and you have the word Zoë in a document, select
it and make it the AutoCorrect replacement for Zoe without the accent (which
is technically called a diaeresis) so you won't ever have to do it again.

--
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.

[Swifty]

DDAANN wrote:
Zoe needs an two-dot accent over the "e" for pronunciation. How can I set up
my PC in Word and Outlook to add the marks every time I type the name?

In addition to other mechanisms, I like the application "Allchars". This
works the same in all application, so you only have to learn one way.

With Allchars, I would tap Ctrl (not hold it) then type ":" and "e" and
I would get the ë that I just typed. It handles all of the well-known
accented characters out of the box, along with many other symbols. You
can configure it for your own characters as well.

--
Steve Swift
http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
http://www.ringers.org.uk