Posted by Dylan Parry on 10/06/06 11:42

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". Alternatively, you
can press "Alt Gr+letter" for the same effect.

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.

--
Dylan Parry
http://electricfreedom.org -- Where the Music Progressively Rocks!

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