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[Response 1] --- Forwarded Message from Chris Meyer <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 09:52:52 -0500 >From: Chris Meyer <[log in to unmask]> >User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #7338 Diacriticals/accents with Windows machines >References: <[log in to unmask]> >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ Some years ago I would give a program called Accent Composer to language faculty who asked me this exact same question--I haven't tried it since Windows 98, but their website (http://www.kovcomp.co.uk/acompose/index.html) claims that it will work with all Windows versions from 98 up to 2003. Personally, I don't understand how everyone can't keep those tables of extended ASCII codes in their memory.... </sarcasm> Hope that helps! -Chris [Response 2] Henry, In any version of Windows since 98 you can access accented characters from all Western European languages via the US-International language setting. Unlike the various national keyboards, the US-International maintains the QWERTY layout and uses dead-key combinations to input the accents. A couple of free virtual keyboards are also available for inputting accents. I prefer the Microsoft Visual Keyboard, but I believe it only works on XP. Jack -- Jack Burston, Ph.D. Director Foreign Language Technology Center College of Liberal Arts Rochester Institute of Technology 92 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY 14623-5604 Phone: (585) 475-3156 Fax: (585) 475-7120 WWW: http://fltc.rit.edu/burston/jack_rit00.htm [Response 3] > 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... If you're using Word, use the Insert > Symbol menu command--same in Mac and PC--to access most Extended ASCII characters or use the keyboard shortcuts available when the US-International keyboard is selected. Details and a picture of the keyboard you can print and hang up: http://www.yale.edu/multilingual/westerneuropean/win98/usage.html -John ___________________________________________ John de Szendeffy Multimedia Language Lab Center for English Language and Orientation Programs Boston University ph 617.353.7957 fx 617.353.6195 lab http://www.bu.edu/celop/mll/ personal http://people.bu.edu/johndesz/ [Response 4] I find the International Keyboard (English-International) handy. It's a QWERTY keybaord with a few "dead keys"--in particular the single/double quote key. You press the "dead key" and then the letter to be modified. If you want to type the symbol normally associated with the key, you press the key and then the spacebar (or a key it is not set up to modify). Thus you can type don't exactly as you would normally, but j'ai requires an extra keystroke after the apostrophe or it will come out jái. Judy Shoaf University of Florida [Response 5] Hi, Henry. If you change the computer's keyboard setting to the American International keyboard, you have only to type the accent followed by the letter; for example, apostrophe ("/') followed by e gives é. An umlaut is made by holding the shift button while you type the "/' key, followed by the letter. This will work with any software used on that computer; it also works via email. The different versions of Windows alter the keystrokes slightly, particularly for things like ¿ and ¡. In Win 2000 you hold down Ctrl and Alt while you type the key that has ?//. The only (slight) problem with the American International keyboard is that if you want to type the actual character, ie., the apostrophe, it does not appear until after the next keystroke. So to get ' you have to type the "/' key, followed by the space bar. If you want the 'followed by a vowel, you have to type the " /' key, then the space bar before typing the vowel. Once you learn to add the extra keystroke, it is very easy. We have installed this keyboard on all the pc's in our lab. We teach language students and other students how to use the keyboards and have prepared and laminated small instruction sheets for the foreign language students to use. Good luck! Leslie Graul [Response 6] we have heinle writing systems software for both french, systeme-d and spanish, atajo. the students find them very useful. using this software at the student stations in the fl lab, they can enter their documents and save their files to a floppy, zip, etc. taking that file to any pc with windows, that file is opened as a 'word' document. "Linda Rae Richie" <[log in to unmask]> [Response 7] We have been using 3-D Keyboard for two years with W98 and W2K applications and it works well. You can have the layout on the screen (small) or completely minimize the layout once you have it memorized. You can also get orange "skins" for your keyboards for several languages. 3-D Keyboard: http://www.fingertipsoft.com/3dkbd/ Speedskin: http://www.speedskin.com/html/language_conversion.asp We could not use the Windows solution because those are both user and location specific and too many steps for the students to navigate to get the language they needed. The above combo is pretty simple and has been successful. Marty [log in to unmask] [Response 8] I assume others have answered this, too. I use the US-International keyboard for some flavors of Windows. Not as nice as Macs, but in the same city, if not the same ball park. [log in to unmask] [Response 9] Try the US-INternational Keyboard in the Windows Control Panel. That is what I use and it is easy. apostrophe plus vowel or double quote plus vowel etc. are the usual keystrokes. Directions at http://www.nadn.navy.mil/LangStudy/international_keyboards.html http://orion.neiu.edu/~flanglab/accents.htm Much easier than ASCII codes but it sometimes conflicts with Microsoft Word commands like in the case of the upside down exclamation point which is done by CTRL-ALT 1 Good luck. Tom Griffin [Response 10] I think this is what you're looking for. Windows uses codes. http://lrcnt.fas.harvard.edu/Resources/Documentation/accents.htm Todd [log in to unmask]