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UMLAUTS
Subject: [germanway] Re: Polterabend and Umlauts Date: 2 Sep 98 12:11:48 -0500 From: germanway@onelist.com To: Indbio
From: "Zhiwen Chong" <wen@2020.net.my>
Hans G Mueller wrote: > > Just type Ctrl + : (Control, colon = Control-Shift-Semicolonkey) and the > > vowel on which you want the umlaut on. To get an eszet It is Ctrl + & + > > S (Control-ampersand-S). This works with most wordprocessors. > Thank you Zhiwen - this works great for the eszet (scharfes s) and for the > Capital (upper case) Umlauts. Does anyone know shortcuts for lower case > Umlauts, which will work in Microsoft WORD?
You're welcome. Hmm... the above method will work for all umlauts. For instance, if one wants an o-umlaut, one presses
Ctrl + : + o
For a capital O, just substitute it with a big O,
Ctrl + : + O
And so on... capital A, small a, etc. it even works for the French e-umlaut.
I discovered this shortcut in Textpad, my favourite text editor. I tried it on MS Word and it works.
Bitte, was bedeutet "scharfes"?
Zhiwen Chong
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