tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post1277881542240732507..comments2024-03-28T03:17:28.911-04:00Comments on Art With a Needle: Accentuate the positiveKathleen Loomishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05930922068379938756noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-60070833697841874742013-08-14T03:29:21.284-04:002013-08-14T03:29:21.284-04:00To get a handy little guide that is already on all...To get a handy little guide that is already on all Windows computers,called a Character Map, search your hard drive for "charmap". Pin to your task bar or save to your desktop to keep it handy. It gives you all those accents and umlauts and such, as well as copyright symbol ©, pound symbol £, and many more. Endlessly useful.Terry Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16650965451863656517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-87640458125892173202013-08-13T15:06:49.107-04:002013-08-13T15:06:49.107-04:00for umlauts, ctrl + shift + :
Then type the lette...for umlauts, ctrl + shift + :<br /><br />Then type the letter you want to have an umlaut. <br /><br />For eszett, ctrl + shift + &Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08616423254629830078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-49247078496823866902013-08-13T03:32:45.654-04:002013-08-13T03:32:45.654-04:00On my Mac book (OSX) you hold down the key (for in...On my Mac book (OSX) you hold down the key (for instance the "e") for a second or two, and it offers a little menu from which you pick the accented letter, which then pastes into place.. I found this out by accident, not in the manual..<br />On the older macs, there are keyboard shortcuts for most marks (for instance, the "e acute" was made by holding e plus the alt key, then just the e.) Clumsy but workable.. Interestingly, the Comments box here won't let me use accents at all..<br />Helen HowesHelen Howeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03378013328370139295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-1707535812811051812013-08-13T02:26:23.718-04:002013-08-13T02:26:23.718-04:00Here in Europ ( Belgium) are all the signs on the ...Here in Europ ( Belgium) are all the signs on the keybord. That is mayby an international ann vanherlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350970855987780306noreply@blogger.com