configure few keys of my laptop

Hello,

I would like to configure few keys of my laptop.

I need to key often few letters which are not on the keyboard: à , é , ì , ò
, ù , which are the 5 vowels with the accent â?? over each one.

Can you tell me on how to program just the keyboard or just the 5 keys to
have the vowels with the accent â?? over each one?

Ad example it would convenient to me if by keying: â??controlâ??, or alt ,or the
windows key, + â??aâ?? I would get â??àâ?? (the a with the accent over it).

Thank you very much for your help.

Big
Tue Apr 22 06:33:43 PDT 2008

Fabiop wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to configure few keys of my laptop.
>
> I need to key often few letters which are not on the keyboard: à , é , ì , ò
> , ù , which are the 5 vowels with the accent â?? over each one.
>
> Can you tell me on how to program just the keyboard or just the 5 keys to
> have the vowels with the accent â?? over each one?
>
> Ad example it would convenient to me if by keying: â??controlâ??, or alt ,or the
> windows key, + â??aâ?? I would get â??àâ?? (the a with the accent over it).
>
> Thank you very much for your help.
>
You can do http://www.ergonis.com/products/popcharwin/
But there its not free. Not sure how important this is.
Or
http://tlt.psu.edu/suggestions/international/bylanguage/french.html#winalt
even though this did not work for me, but I'm using Thunderbird.
Or you can use the character map which is the way I do it. But its a
bit awkward for a lot of use. If you not familiar, its under
accessorieè - system tools. You pick the font and the character you
want, select it, copy it (to the clipboard) then paste it to your app.
ie... è

ReySantos
Tue Apr 22 08:48:05 PDT 2008

Use keyboard shortcuts.
1. Make certain that the Num Lock key has been pressed to activate the
numeric key section of the keyboard.
2. Depress the Alt key.
3. While the Alt key is depressed, type the proper sequence of numbers (on
the numeric keypad) of the ALT code from the table above.
4. Release the Alt key, and the character will appear.

à Alt133
á Alt160
é Alt130
è Alt138
ì Alt141
í Alt161
ò Alt149
ó Alt162
ù Alt151
ú Alt163

--
Rey


"Fabiop" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I would like to configure few keys of my laptop.
>
> I need to key often few letters which are not on the keyboard: à , é , ì , ò
> , ù , which are the 5 vowels with the accent â?? over each one.
>
> Can you tell me on how to program just the keyboard or just the 5 keys to
> have the vowels with the accent â?? over each one?
>
> Ad example it would convenient to me if by keying: â??controlâ??, or alt ,or the
> windows key, + â??aâ?? I would get â??àâ?? (the a with the accent over it).
>
> Thank you very much for your help.
>

LadyDungeness
Sat Jun 14 06:35:09 PDT 2008


Set your Regional Settings to ENGLISH.

Set your keyboard to INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH. (not US or UK English, etc).

You can now enter the accented vowels from the keyboard. You will need to get used to the accent and quote keys working
differently. It took me about 3 hours.



Lady Dungeness
Out of Danger until September
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On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:48:05 -0700, Rey Santos <ReySantos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Use keyboard shortcuts.
>1. Make certain that the Num Lock key has been pressed to activate the
>numeric key section of the keyboard.
>2. Depress the Alt key.
>3. While the Alt key is depressed, type the proper sequence of numbers (on
>the numeric keypad) of the ALT code from the table above.
>4. Release the Alt key, and the character will appear.
>
>? Alt133
>? Alt160
>? Alt130
>? Alt138
>? Alt141
>? Alt161
>? Alt149
>? Alt162
>? Alt151
>? Alt163