[CGUYS] foreign

2009-07-30 Thread rleesimon
Ok.I'm getting usta keystroke combos for accented characters in French .but, they don't work in such things as dialog windows in browser pages, search boxes, and notepad .I have had2 resurrect WordPad to type the accented characters and then cut and paste into the boxes .I bought office 2007

Re: [CGUYS] foreign

2009-07-30 Thread chad evans wyatt
All of which is why you might consider a Mac in future.  These are not problems on that platform. --- On Thu, 7/30/09, rleesimon rleesi...@gmail.com wrote: From: rleesimon rleesi...@gmail.com Subject: [CGUYS] foreign To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@listserv.aol.com Date: Thursday, July 30, 2009, 12:09 PM

Re: [CGUYS] foreign

2009-07-30 Thread Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
Mandated by Dick Cheney. Thank you, Mark Snyder -Original Message- Ok.I'm getting usta keystroke combos for accented characters in French .but, they don't work in such things as dialog windows in browser pages, search boxes, and notepad .I have had2 resurrect WordPad to type the

[CGUYS] foreign

2009-07-16 Thread rleesimon
Yesterday, I fiddled and fiddled with the keyboard stuff and finally was able to type with accented characters (French.multi-keystrokes to order the character and then type the alpha) .today, rebooted, no joy.what's with that? Winxpprosp3, m$office1007ultimate with French language pack

Re: [CGUYS] foreign

2009-07-15 Thread Ellen Rains Harris
- Original Message - From: rleesimon rleesi...@gmail.com To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 6:05 PM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] foreign OK ...I did that, now where can I find out what the difference is with the US version plain?? -Original Message- From

Re: [CGUYS] foreign

2009-07-15 Thread chad evans wyatt
, etc. --- On Wed, 7/15/09, Ellen Rains Harris el...@goodshiptabasco.com wrote: From: Ellen Rains Harris el...@goodshiptabasco.com Subject: Re: [CGUYS] foreign To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 11:13 AM Type any of the symbols (carat, tilde, etc,) then type

Re: [CGUYS] foreign

2009-07-15 Thread mike
el...@goodshiptabasco.com Subject: Re: [CGUYS] foreign To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 11:13 AM Type any of the symbols (carat, tilde, etc,) then type the letter you want it to apply to. Umlauts are from the shift-quote (double quotes). Just play

Re: [CGUYS] foreign

2009-07-15 Thread chad evans wyatt
But why?  Large gigabyte HD's obviate this former economy.  And the convenience of using any keyboard in another native configuration surely is benefit. --- On Wed, 7/15/09, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: From: mike xha...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [CGUYS] foreign To: COMPUTERGUYS-L

Re: [CGUYS] foreign

2009-07-15 Thread rleesimon
...@goodshiptabasco.com wrote: From: Ellen Rains Harris el...@goodshiptabasco.com Subject: Re: [CGUYS] foreign To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 11:13 AM Type any of the symbols (carat, tilde, etc,) then type the letter you want it to apply to. Umlauts

Re: [CGUYS] foreign

2009-07-15 Thread mike
keyboard in another native configuration surely is benefit. --- On Wed, 7/15/09, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: From: mike xha...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [CGUYS] foreign To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 2:13 PM Just an FYI, removing unneeded languages from

Re: [CGUYS] foreign

2009-07-15 Thread t.piwowar
On Jul 15, 2009, at 1:14 PM, chad evans wyatt wrote: Seems complex. On my Mac, I simply summon up another language's native keyboard, there are literally dozens of options. Show off. That's why you smug mac lovers tick us all off.

Re: [CGUYS] foreign

2009-07-15 Thread t.piwowar
On Jul 15, 2009, at 3:59 PM, chad evans wyatt wrote: But why? Large gigabyte HD's obviate this former economy. And the convenience of using any keyboard in another native configuration surely is benefit. Foreign language support can consume 10-15% of disk space, so removal can be

[CGUYS] foreign

2009-07-14 Thread rleesimon
I have occasion to use foreign characters frequently (French). Character map is one horrible hassle ( incomplete, doesn’t have the Euro symbol € at all)-winXPhomeSP3. My keyboard does not have a “compose key” and multi keystroke combinations in the office2007 instructions online do not seem

Re: [CGUYS] foreign

2009-07-14 Thread Ellen Rains Harris
Set your default keyboard to US-International and you can have âll Thé symböls yöu wãnt. - Original Message - From: rleesimon rleesi...@gmail.com To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 2:06 PM Subject: [CGUYS] foreign I have occasion to use foreign

[CGUYS] foreign ...update

2009-07-14 Thread rleesimon
Ok .so I googled and then resorted to the M$ knowledgebase which right away gave up a hotfix for the problem (language bar disappears) but found out it won't hotfix cuz it's for sp1 and was sposta been fixed in sp2 and I have sp3 .so, noodle around another hour or so and finally realized this

Re: [CGUYS] foreign

2009-07-14 Thread rleesimon
can have âll Thé symböls yöu wãnt. - Original Message - From: rleesimon rleesi...@gmail.com To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 2:06 PM Subject: [CGUYS] foreign I have occasion to use foreign characters frequently (French). Character map is one horrible