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Does anyone know how to put quotations above letters in a persons name? For example: ^ or '' Thanks.
i think this is what u mean
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goto start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Character Map
Thanks for that. I learned a new computer skill today. One guy who posts here somewhat frequently, has the a in his name like this: ( ã ). Prior to reading this, I had no idea that this was even possible. Thanks again.
Absalom
Do you mean accents and other diacritical marks?
As in, "¿François met a petite niña in an unglückliches café?"
Let's see. French, Spanish, German, and English?
Yeah, unfortunately I left off Italian. My oversight. Non è vero?
Oui c'est ca.
How about in Finnish!!!
John.B
Kuka ei ole hyvä missään?
So how did you do that anyway (if not using the character map, which is all i knew)?
It's really quite easy. On a PC anyway (I don't know about Macs, but there's probably something similar), all you do is hold down the ALT button with your left hand, while entering a (often three-digit) numerical code using the alphanumeric ("10-key") keypad. Most of the ones that are useful for foreign languages are in the 128 to 173 range, or thereabouts.
For instance, to get the "e" with an acute accent, as in café, hold down ALT and type 130 on the 10-key. When you release ALT, voilà! there's your é.
Another (much more laborious) way is to find a web site that has characters with diacritical marks, and copy and paste them each time.
Believe it or not, when we were in web cafes in Europe, we never figured out how to make the at sign! We'd just copy them from our own e-mail addresses and paste, each time we needed one.
Bill
I believe it, Bill! Sometimes, I use the French keyboard layout, and I don't think there's an @ on the whole damn thing! I'm sure there's a way you can get it to work, but I haven't figured it out yet.
dino
Thanks, I think I got it, control + quotation, then the base character: Wìebênschlötzën. I write to several people overseas; this way I can show proper respect by correct use of their name.
This article may be of interest. Also, in charmap, there is a 4-digit code associated with each letter. This is the hexadecimal code indicating the symbol. You can enter it using a Windows computer by holding the alt key while entering the number. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, Microsoft requires intering the number in decimal despite the fact it is given in hexadeximal in charmap.
But no worries. Microsoft has also supplied a handy hexadecimal to decimal converter. But you have to enable it first. Open up the calculator (start, run, CALC is one way). Click on View and select Scientific. Press the radio button for hex. Enter the code from charmap. Now click the radio button for dec. That converts the 4 digit hex code to a decimal number.
Now you can type that number with your numeric keypad while holding the ALT key to enter the character.
Should they have made it easier? You bet.
How to enter diacriticals
Hi,
when responding to a post by Adalbert, I tried to include a Polish word containing an "L-slash" letter (it was "wlos", the Polish word for "hair", of course). However, it didn't show correctly in the title of the post, but as + # 322 ; (Plus-Number-322-semicolon).
Now I'm testing "copy and paste" from Charmap: ł
If it doesn't show, I'd appreciate some info.
Hans-Uwe
Ampersands are translated to plus signs in the title field. This is to prevent hackers from exploiting a hack that uses the ampersand to hijack users to their own sites.
This is one of almost a dozen subtle modifications we've made to the original software to protect our users from hackers.
Bill (site programmer)
It shows correctly.
I suggest to use that code with & and # to show non-English characters on international pages. ' ³ ' works only if charset in HTML code is set to ISO 8859-2
Good HTML manual carries a whole list of compound national characters, but I don't have one now ;-P
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Cheers, Adalbert
If I am typing a long letter in some language which demands umlauts and accents and rooftops and cedillas and such, I type it in Word and go to insert > symbols, and then choose the ones I need. Then, I just paste it all into wherever I want it.
This board does not support Arabic or Devenagari scripts though.
To me, that is easier than figuring out the codes.
That might help.
