Getting accents and Getting accents and diacriticals in Windows diacriticals in Windows

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Nathan Love

Sept. 22, 2003

Menu: Win XP ExitCheat Sheets Win 98

Getting accents and Getting accents and diacriticals in Windows diacriticals in Windows

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Part 1: Windows XP

If you like, you can set up If you like, you can set up

the keyboard icon. It the keyboard icon. It

provides an easy way to provides an easy way to

switch from the default switch from the default

keyboard to the keyboard to the

International one with great International one with great

ease.ease.

Getting accents and Getting accents and diacriticals in Windows diacriticals in Windows

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Part 2: Windows 98

Click the Start button.

Now click Settings.

As a result of clicking Settings, we get the smaller dialogue box.

Click on ControlPanel.

Result:the ControlPanel

Click on theKeyboard.

Result:the KeyboardscreenClick on theLanguage tab.

This screenresults fromclicking on theLanguage tab.

Click on Properties.

You shouldhave a screenlike this one, except your language will be “United States 101.”

Click on thescroll control, and . . .

Click on:“United StatesInternational,”replacing“United States101.”

Click OK hereand there.

Put away theControl Panelby clicking thelittle ‘x’.

Voilà! You are ready.You don’t even needto reboot; the newkeyboard setting isin effect.

The US-International English keyboard layout is installed as above (chooseEnglish as the language and US-International as the layout in properties) andhas these features: It uses the following intuitive method which works with most (oreven all) Windows applications, while keeping the familiar qwertykeyboard.

To use, press one of the five punctuation keys ` ' " ~ ^ , then theletter to be modified. ( ' then a = á, " then u = ü, ' then c = ç, ‘ then e = é,^ then a = â, ~ then n = ñ, etc. )

right alt key + another key right alt + , = ç (or ' + c) + ? = ¿ + ! = ¡ + c = © + q = ä + e = é Note that this maintains the "qwerty" layout. However, each punctuation key` ' " ~ ^ must be followed by the space bar if it is actually intended. Thesystem is smart enough to accept words requiring an apostrophe, such as it's,without the space bar.

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For WINDOWS: 

These are only partial solutions, at best. They can be used instead of the International keyboard. The conventions below will not work well in all Windows applications.

At right is theExtended ASCIICode. It was usedBefore Windows.

At right belowWas the WindowsConvention that was toReplace reliance onThe extended ASCII code.