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I have set up Windows XP with the Control Panel, Regional and Language
Options, Languages, Details, to allow US English, French, Portuguese, and
Spanish from the keyboard. If I am in Word, and I want to key in an ~n (the
n with the tilde on top), I can type ctl-shft-~n to get the correct
combination. If I want an e with an acute accent, I type ctl-'e
(apostrophe), the grave accent is ctl-`e, etc. The upside down ? and ! are
ctl-alt-shift ? or !, etc.
However, when I'm in Outlook, sometimes these will work, and sometimes not.
I have assigned Word 2003 as my email editor, and have tried setting the
default format to html and to rtf. However, sometimes I have access to these
keys, and sometimes not. I even appear to have access sometimes when
answering a plain text email, and sometimes not. I have changed the format,
when it allows me to (I don't know why sometimes it won't allow it), but I
still don't get these functions.
I have also set my default font to be ALWAYS Arial 10 pt, except for a text
only, when it uses Courier. But when I go to reply, it often seems to use
Times New Roman or Tahoma, or whatever else, sometimes picking up a font from
the sender. At times, it inexplicably changes the paragraph spacing to be
double spaced, and won't allow me to change it. The only way I can get
around this is to copy the whole text to Word, fix the accents, fonts, or
spacing there, and copy it back to Outlook email.
Can anyone tell me what controls this stuff, and why I can't change it, or
get it to use my stated preferences? Thanks for your help!
Options, Languages, Details, to allow US English, French, Portuguese, and
Spanish from the keyboard. If I am in Word, and I want to key in an ~n (the
n with the tilde on top), I can type ctl-shft-~n to get the correct
combination. If I want an e with an acute accent, I type ctl-'e
(apostrophe), the grave accent is ctl-`e, etc. The upside down ? and ! are
ctl-alt-shift ? or !, etc.
However, when I'm in Outlook, sometimes these will work, and sometimes not.
I have assigned Word 2003 as my email editor, and have tried setting the
default format to html and to rtf. However, sometimes I have access to these
keys, and sometimes not. I even appear to have access sometimes when
answering a plain text email, and sometimes not. I have changed the format,
when it allows me to (I don't know why sometimes it won't allow it), but I
still don't get these functions.
I have also set my default font to be ALWAYS Arial 10 pt, except for a text
only, when it uses Courier. But when I go to reply, it often seems to use
Times New Roman or Tahoma, or whatever else, sometimes picking up a font from
the sender. At times, it inexplicably changes the paragraph spacing to be
double spaced, and won't allow me to change it. The only way I can get
around this is to copy the whole text to Word, fix the accents, fonts, or
spacing there, and copy it back to Outlook email.
Can anyone tell me what controls this stuff, and why I can't change it, or
get it to use my stated preferences? Thanks for your help!