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Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 10/06/18 11:42
Dylan Parry wrote:
> Pondering the eternal question of "Hobnobs or Rich Tea?", Els finally
> proclaimed:
>
> [é]
>
>>I use alt-130 in mail and Usenet
>
>
> It's easier than that. In most Windows applications, for letters with
> acute accents, you can just press "Ctrl+Alt+letter".
Hmmm, what Window apps for you? Don't seem to work in any of my Window
apps in W2K. Ctrl+Alt+letter brings up endnotes bar in Word and does
nothing in most other apps.
Alternatively, you
> can press "Alt Gr+letter" for the same effect.
What is 'Gr'?
>
> For example, "Ctrl+Alt+E" gives é, whereas "Shift+Ctrl+Alt+E" gives É.
> It's the same for any of the vowel characters.
>
> I'm not sure if there are any shortcuts like that for grave accents or
> for umlauts etc. I'm also not sure if this shortcut works in any other
> OS's, or indeed whether it always works in Windows! It's always worked
> for me, so I have no reason to think otherwise for Windows.
>
é <- Alt+130
é <- ALT+0233
works for me in Mozilla and others
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Take care,
Jonathan
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