TypingaccentedlettersandspecialcharactersonaPC

TherearedifferentwaystogetyourEnglishkeyboardcomputertoinsertthesecharacters

Method 1: Microsoft Word word processor

Seetheothersideofthisform.UnfortunatelythisonlyworkswhenyoureinWord,notanywhereelse.

Method 2: Alt-keys
Reallylamewaytoinsertcharacters,butitwilldowhenyou'renotatyourcomputerorwhenyou'renotinWord.Whilekeepingthe leftAltkeypressed,typethefollowingnumberonthekeypad(notonthenumberkeysabovetheletters).(NumLockshouldbeon.) 160 133 131 132 130 138 136 137 161 141 140 139 162 149 147 148 163 151 150 129 135 128 144 174 175 164 165 168 173

Method 3: Windows international keyboard mapping

Thisisthebestmethodtousewhenyouaregoingtobeusingspecialcharactersonaregularbasis.Donotlettheapparent complicationsscareyouaway.Dotryitout!Itworksineveryprogramyouwritein,includingemailandWebboxes.Thismethod involvesaddingaspecialcharactermappingforyourkeyboard.ThisishowthecomputersattheSSCLRCareconfigured. InWindowsXP,toaddanewkeyboardmappingdothefollowing: 1. 2. 3. 4. gototheStartbutton,selectControlPanel doubleclickontheRegionalandLanguageOptionsicon IntheLanguagestab,clickonDetails(fortextservicesandinputlanguages). UnderDefaultInputLanguageyoushouldprobablyhaveEnglish(UnitedStates)US,andunderInstalledServicesyou probablyhavejustakeyboardcalledUS.Nowwhatyouneedtodoisaddasecondkeyboard: 5. ClickAdd>ForInputLanguage,selectEnglish(UnitedStates);forKeyboardlayout/IMEselectUnitedStatesInternational. 6. ClickOK 7. BackattheSettingstabofTextServicesandInputLanguages,nowyouhavetwochoicesforDefaultInputLanguage,ifyou wanttheoldway(English(UnitedStates)US)tobethedefault,selectit;ifyouwantthenewway(English(UnitedStates) UnitedSTatesInternational)tobethedefault,selectit 8. ClickOK

NowanewiconwillshowupintheWindowsTaskbar(bottomofyourscreen)bytheclockfromwhichyoucanchooseamongthe differentkeyboardlayoutsavailable.Don'tforgettoselectUnitedStatesInternationalbeforetypingforeigncharacters. Afterdoingthis,youtypespecialcharactersbytypingacombinationof'accentkey'andmainkey.Forexample,', a(i.e.firsta singlequoteandthenthelettera,inseparatestrokes),youwillgetanaccenteda:.Ifyoutype`(slantedsinglequote) + a,will giveyou.Theletteris~ + n. Theonlydrawbackofthismethodisthatwhenyouactuallywanttotype'aandnot,youhavetotype'+<spacebar>+a.Ifthis bothersyou,youdonthavetousethiskeyboardlayoutexclusively.Youcangobackandforthbetweenthem(seeabove). KEYSEQUENCE Apostrophe(')+letter(a,e,i,o,u,c) Quotemarks(")+letter(a,e,i,o,u) Circumflex(^)+letter(a,e,i,o,u) RESULT ,,,,, ,,,, ,,,, KEYSEQUENCE RESULT ~+n CtrlAlt/ CtrlAlt1

Slantapostrophe(`)+letter(a,e,i,o,u) ,,,,

Withtheinternationallayout,youcanalsousetherightALTkey(AltGr)totherightofthespacebar(nottheonetotheleft)totype manyoftheaccentedlettersandotherspecialkeysusedinEuropeanlanguagesotherthanEnglish,e.g. KEYSEQUENCE RightAltkey+n RightAltkey+/ RESULT KEYSEQUENCE RightAltkey+1 RightAltkey+,(comma) Etc. RESULT

RightAltkey+letter(a,e,i,o,u) accentedletter(,,,,)

Source:http://www.lrc.salemstate.edu/aske/accents.htm(Dr.JonAske)(v.20080221)

WindowsMicrosoftWordCodes
ThesecodesapplytoMicrosoftWordonWindowsonly.Ifyouareusinganothersoftwarepackage,useusemustuseoneofthe othermethodsofinputtingaccents.Thispagelistcodesforaccentedlettersandothercharacters.Thelistisorganizedbytype. Thesetablesshowselectcodesonly,notallpossiblecodes. NOTE:WordalsohastheInsertSymboltool,availableontheInsertmenu.SeeinstructionsforInsertSymbolpostedbytheCenter forLanguageAcquisition.ManymorenonEnglishcharacterscanbeinsertedthisway,includingmanyotherlanguagecharactersand phoneticsymbols,especiallyifyouuseaUnicodefontsuchasLucidaSansUnicode.

LetterswithAccents
ThislistisorganizedbyAccenttype.Thesampleshowsaletterwiththataccent,andtheNotespresentanyspecialcommentsabout usingthataccent. FortheTemplate,thesymbol"V"meansanyvowel.

ACCENT Acute

SAMPLE TEMPLATE Control+',V Shift+Control+^,V Control+`,V Shift+Control+~,V Shift+Control+:,V

NOTES '=apostrophekey Onlyworkswith"n,N,o,O,a,A" :=colonkey

Circumflex Grave Tilde Umlaut

Example1:Totypetheletter,holddowntheControlkey,thenpresstheapostrophekey.Releasebothkeysandtypeo. Example2:Totypetheletter,holddowntheControlkey,thenpresstheapostrophekey.ReleasebothkeysandtypeO. Example3:Totype,holddowntheShiftkey,thentheControlkey,thenthe~key.Releaseallthreekeys,thentypen.

OtherForeignCharacters
SYMBOL NAME Upsidedownexclamationpoint Upsidedownquestionmark FrenchCcedille(caps/lowecase) OEligature(caps/lowecase) GermanSharp/DoubleS NordicOslash(caps/lowecase) NordicAring,Angstromsign (caps/lowecase) OldEnglishAEligature(caps/lowecase) OldEnglisheth(caps/lowecase) CODE Alt+Shift+Control+! Alt+Shift+Control+? Control+,,c Control+,,C Shift+Control+&,o Shift+Control+&,O Shift+Control+&,S Control+/,o Control+/,O Shift+Control+@,a Shift+Control+@,A Shift+Control+&,a Shift+Control+&,A Control+',d Control+',D NOTES EitherAltkeyworks. EitherAltkeyworks. For,pressControl,thenthecomma key.Releasethenpressc. Awithring/AngstromSign Icelandic/OldEnglisheth '=apostrophekey

, , , , , ,

Example1:ToinputSpanishupsidedownexclamationpoint(Alt+Shift+Control+!),holddowntheAltkey,thentheShiftkey,the theControlkey,thenthe!key.Releaseallfourkeys,andthepunctuationwillappear. Example2:ToinputFrenchoeligature(Shift+Control+&,o),holddowntheShiftkey,thentheControlkey,thenthe&key. Releaseallthreekeysandthentypeotomaketheletterappear. AdaptedbyJonAskefrom:http://tlt.psu.edu/suggestions/international/accents/codeword.html