Shortcut keys in Word 2007

[k-mo]

How do I create shortcut keys in Word 2007 for special characters? In Word
2003 I used to use Ctrl+~, u, to create a u with a tilde above it, but when i
try to do it in Word 2007 it says "Word cannot change the function of the
specified key." Also some characters are missing like the "e" with a tilde
over it. Do they plan to have it in the final release? I work in linguistics
with a lot of non standard characters and it's helpful to create shortcut
keys for them instead of clicking on the symbols. I hope they don't take this
function away in the final release!!

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

Where those shortcut keys automatically present in 2003 or did you
create them?
Where are some of those characters missing?
What languages do you work with?

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

 

[k-mo]

Thanks for replying.
I created the shortcut keys in 2003. The Ctrl+~ sequence only worked for a,
o, and n, so I also assigned the same keys for the e, i, and u with a tilde
over it.

When I compared both versions of Word I see that the Latin Extended
Additonal set, which contains those characters, is not available with the
Calibri font. However even when I switched over to Times New Roman and saw
the characters it still would not let me assign a shortcut to them.

I work with Amazonian languages, which have a wide variety of orthographies.
In the past, a tilde over a vowel was sometimes used to indicate nasalization
of that vowel. Even though that's not used much anymore, sometimes I like to
type things the way it appeared originally before I put it in a more modern
format.

Where those shortcut keys automatically present in 2003 or did you
create them?
Where are some of those characters missing?
What languages do you work with?

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

How do I create shortcut keys in Word 2007 for special characters? In Word
2003 I used to use Ctrl+~, u, to create a u with a tilde above it, but when i
try to do it in Word 2007 it says "Word cannot change the function of the
specified key." Also some characters are missing like the "e" with a tilde
over it. Do they plan to have it in the final release? I work in linguistics
with a lot of non standard characters and it's helpful to create shortcut
keys for them instead of clicking on the symbols. I hope they don't take this
function away in the final release!!