Uusing a foreign words.

[Using foreign words.]

When using a foreign word (French) how can I add the required accents?

 

[trip_to_tokyo]

WORD 2007

There are various ways to do this.

1. Insert / Symbols group / More Symbols . . . / choose the character that
you want then Insert.

2. Set up a macro(s) for the character(s) in your Quick Access Toolbar then,
when you need the character, all you have to do is to click once to insert
the required character into yout text.

If my comments have helped please hit Yes.

Thanks.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Alt + Numeric Pad 224 gives à
Alt + Numeric Pad 225 gives á
Alt + Numeric Pad 226 gives â
Alt + Numeric Pad 232 gives è
Alt + Numeric Pad 233 gives é

However, if you set the language to French, you can use the spelling checker
to correct your spelling by inserting the necessary accents.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/InsertSpecChars.htm for a description
of numerous methods for inserting special characters, including Word's
built-in shortcuts for accented letters.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Why would anyone write a macro to insert an accented letter instead of using
the built-in keyboard shortcuts?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

On the US keyboard, the basic accents for West European letters are
typed by typing Ctrl plus a punctuation mark that resembles the
accent, then the letter that takes the accent (lowercase or capital).

For French, the marks are: apostrophe for acute accent, grave accent
(left of the 1 key) for grave accent, caret (shift-6) for circumflex
accent, colon for dieresis, and comma for cedilla.

 

[Pesach Shelnitz]

Hi,

In addition to the techniques described in the other replies, there are
shortcut keys for accent marks that you can press before you type a letter.
If the accent-letter combination is supported, the accent will be added to
the letter.

For example, if you press Ctrl+' (Ctrl together with apostrophe) before
pressing e, é will appear.

If you press Ctrl+' (Ctrl together with grave) before pressing e, è will
appear.

Pressing Ctrl+: and then o produces ö.

Pressing Ctrl+^ and then o produces ô.

Pressing Ctrl+~ and then o produces õ.

Pressing Ctrl+, and then c produces ç.

Pressing Ctrl+/ and then o produces ø.

Pressing Ctrl+@ and then a produces å.

In all of these cases, you can press many other letters instead of the
letter that I gave in the example. These shortcut keys work for any supported
combination or an accent mark and a letter.

 

[Pamelia Caswell via OfficeKB.com]

These Windows shortcuts are useful because they work in other (but
unfortunately not all—at least the last time I checked) Office programs and
some other programs as well. Word shortcuts only work within Word.

Doug, I think the keypad numbers should be 0224, 0225, 0226, 0232, and 0233.
The three-digit numbers give extended ASCII characters (α, ß, etc.); the four-
digit numbers give the results you describe.