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--- Forwarded Message from Henry Wilmer <[log in to unmask]> --- >User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.4.030702.0 >Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 20:23:07 -0500 >Subject: Diacriticals/accents with Windows machines >From: Henry Wilmer <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> Another question to confirm my position as a not-so-savvy computer guy. Accents in French, Spanish, and German are a piece of cake with the Mac OS, but with Windows, the only solutions I know are incredibly cumbersome (1) the ASCII code combinations, insert symbol, (2) cut and paste from a homemade palette of appropriate letter/accent combinations constructed in Word, or install the foreign language keyboard utility available from Microsoft. This last sounds like a great idea, but it changes the entire layout to French, German or Spanish mode. For kids (and grown-ups like me) who just want accents without losing the familiar QWERTY layout, it's a pain. I know you can toggle back and forth from English to a foreign language, but it's still pretty lame compared to Apple. Are there no third party solutions that allow you to learn a few key combinations to make the accents. Would I be better of constructing some macros for my own key combinations. Most teachers aren't likely to do that... and kids who need to do their homework? Any ideas? H