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#1 2010-06-29 13:49:59

ThePCKid
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How to type accented characters using a US keyboard

1. Click the start button
2. Click "Control Panel"
3. Click "Clock, language, and religion"
4. Click "Regional and language options"
5. Click "Keyboards and languages"
6. Click "Change keyboards..."
7. Click "Add..."
8. Scroll down a bit
9. Click "United States-International"
10. Click "OK"
11. Click "Apply"
12. Click "OK" two times
13. Close the control panel

And you're done! To test the new thing, open notepad, click the new keyboard icon that appeared on the taskbar, and then click "United States-International".
To type an accented character, press one of the following keys and then press the character that you want to have accented: ` ~ ^ " '
For example, pressing ` and then pressing a would result in à.

Example: Pressing " and then Shift+O would give you Ö.

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#2 2010-06-29 14:06:03

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Re: How to type accented characters using a US keyboard

Nice! Thanks!  big_smile

Hai.

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#3 2010-06-29 14:08:33

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Re: How to type accented characters using a US keyboard

On the second step, you mean region  tongue  Thanks for the tip!

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#4 2010-06-29 14:22:53

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Re: How to type accented characters using a US keyboard

Cool thing to use. Now, when I get back to school, when I'm typing papers for French, I can actually use accents on Word instead of having to put them in with a black pen.

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#5 2010-06-29 14:23:46

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Re: How to type accented characters using a US keyboard

Or, if you have a Mac, hold down alt and press a key  smile

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#6 2010-06-29 14:24:51

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Re: How to type accented characters using a US keyboard

For #3, mine says something else. It says "Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options".

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#7 2010-06-29 14:25:13

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Re: How to type accented characters using a US keyboard

Is there anyway you Americans can write an å or Å? xD

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#8 2010-06-29 14:29:04

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Re: How to type accented characters using a US keyboard

Cool. I'm used to a Mac where you just hold down alt.

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#9 2010-06-29 14:49:10

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Re: How to type accented characters using a US keyboard

Oh, wow! So useful.  big_smile  Thanks!

I used to open up "character map" and search through there for letters like that.  tongue

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#10 2010-06-29 14:50:41

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Re: How to type accented characters using a US keyboard

Interesting... But yeah, in Macs you can just do option-a to get å, etc.

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#11 2010-06-29 15:01:27

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Re: How to type accented characters using a US keyboard

Also depends on your settings. And which Alt key are you using, eg. ą = Alt Gr + a

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#12 2010-06-29 15:03:28

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Re: How to type accented characters using a US keyboard

jacool wrote:

Is there anyway you Americans can write an å or Å? xD

I don't know

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#13 2010-06-29 15:05:34

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Re: How to type accented characters using a US keyboard

jacool wrote:

Is there anyway you Americans can write an å or Å? xD

Yes. Copy and paste. ÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅå. See?

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#14 2010-06-29 15:09:18

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Re: How to type accented characters using a US keyboard

That's really cool!  smile
Now I don't have to use my DSi and wii to get special charactors!  big_smile

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#15 2010-06-29 15:09:50

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Re: How to type accented characters using a US keyboard

Aidan wrote:

jacool wrote:

Is there anyway you Americans can write an å or Å? xD

Yes. Copy and paste. ÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅåÅå. See?

Yes there is å wåy. Copy ånd paste ås Åidån mentioned eårlier.

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#16 2010-06-29 15:14:50

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Re: How to type accented characters using a US keyboard

Hehe-àndresmh  big_smile

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#17 2010-06-29 15:15:37

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Re: How to type accented characters using a US keyboard

adriangl wrote:

Hehe-àndresmh  big_smile

It is supposed to be over the e.  wink

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#18 2010-06-29 15:18:24

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Re: How to type accented characters using a US keyboard

ÈèÙùÌìÒòÀà
ÕõÃãÑñ
ÊêÛûÎîÔôÂâ
ËëÜüÏïÖöÄäÿ
ÉéÚúÍíÓóÁáÝý

Forty nine new characters can be made using the trick!  yikes
Too bad that there is no capital ÿ...

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#19 2010-07-02 18:15:41

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Re: How to type accented characters using a US keyboard

I found three more characters using the trick O_O
*pokes above post*

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#20 2010-07-02 18:21:09

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Re: How to type accented characters using a US keyboard

To just but a accent on a letter like: áéíóú, hold down the alt key when typing the letter  smile

See that post up there ^^^
That post was done by me  wink

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#21 2010-07-02 18:25:37

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Re: How to type accented characters using a US keyboard

jacool wrote:

Is there anyway you Americans can write an å or Å? xD

Yes! On Mac, it is Option-a. å  Å

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#22 2010-07-02 18:31:47

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Re: How to type accented characters using a US keyboard

Cnor wrote:

To just but a accent on a letter like: áéíóú, hold down the alt key when typing the letter  smile

That doesn't work...

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#23 2010-07-02 18:36:27

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Re: How to type accented characters using a US keyboard

does for me

See that post up there ^^^
That post was done by me  wink

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#24 2010-07-02 18:42:47

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Re: How to type accented characters using a US keyboard

Cnor wrote:

does for me

What OS are you running?
I'm using Windows Vista SP2

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#25 2010-07-02 20:27:58

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Re: How to type accented characters using a US keyboard

lol ps3 has em all!

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