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--- Forwarded Message from Irene Starr <[log in to unmask]> ---
>Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 16:03:10 -0500
>From: Irene Starr <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #5404 Character Codes (!)
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>cc: Irene Starr <[log in to unmask]>
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The International English Keyboard (IEK) (which is one of the many Windows
keyboards in the control panel settings) is even easier than character
codes or the character map, especially for those who use several European
languages. My web site has info, charts, and links on this and related
topics.
http://www.umass.edu/langctr/keyboardhelp.html
IEK uses the following intuitive method which works with most (or even all)
Windows applications, while keeping the familiar qwerty keyboard. Note that
for the most common accents a single modifier key is sufficient!
-Press one of the five punctuation keys ` ' " ~ ^ and then the letter to be
modified ( 'then a = á "then u = ü 'then c = ç etc. )
-Or use the right alt key + another key
right alt + , = ç
+ ? = ¿
+ ! = ¡
+ c = ©
+ q = ä
+ e = é
plus many others
-Note that this maintains the "qwerty" layout. However, each punctuation key
` ' " ~ ^ must be followed by the space bar if it is actually intended. The
system is smart enough to accept words requiring an apostrophe, such as
it's, without the space bar.
-To install the IE keyboard in addition to United States English, one can
fool the system by _adding_ an unused language, such as Icelandic, and
changing its layout to the International English keyboard in the language
_properties_ of the keyboard/control panel.
Hope this helps,
-Irene
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Irene Starr
UMass Language Resource Center
Herter 19, Amherst, MA 01003
413-545-0950
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http://www.umass.edu/langctr
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