Getting accents and diacriticals in Windows applications

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Getting accents and diacriticals in Windows
applications

• Nathan Love
• Sept. 22, 2003

Menu Win XP
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Cheat Sheets
Win 98
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Getting accents and diacriticals in Windows
applications

• Part 1 Windows XP

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First, click on the Start button.
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Now, Settings
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Now, Control Panel
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Now, Regional Settings
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Now, Regional Language Options
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Click on the Languages tab
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Click on Details
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Select United States International
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If you like, you can set up the keyboard icon. It
provides an easy way to switch from the default
keyboard to the International one with great ease.
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Getting accents and diacriticals in Windows
applications

• Part 2 Windows 98

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Click the Start button.
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Now click Settings.
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As a result of clicking Settings, we get the
smaller dialogue box.
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Click on Control Panel.
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Result the Control Panel
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Click on the Keyboard.
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Result the Keyboard screen Click on the Language
tab.
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This screen results from clicking on the Language
tab. Click on Properties.
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You should have a screen like this one, except
your language will be United States
101. Click on the scroll control, and . . .
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Click on United States International, replacing
United States 101.
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Click OK here and there.
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Put away the Control Panel by clicking the little
x.
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Voilà! You are ready. You dont even need to
reboot the new keyboard setting is in effect.
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These are only partial solutions, at best. They
can be used instead of the International
keyboard. The conventions below will not work
well in all Windows applications.
At right is the Extended ASCII Code. It was
used Before Windows.
For WINDOWS  
At right below Was the Windows Convention that
was to Replace reliance on The extended ASCII
code.