** Reply to message from "Werner F. Bruhin" <werner.bruhin@free.fr> on Tue,
13 Mar 2012 15:26:02 +0100
> ** Reply to message from James Knott<james.knott@rogers.com> on Tue, 13 Mar
> 2012 08:18:20 -0400
>
>> Brian Barker wrote:
>>>> The "absolutely" correct spelling of the word naïve has the two dots,
>>>> known in English as a dieresis, or in German as an Umlaut, indicating
>>>> a change in sound, rather than a diphthong.
>>>
>>> For what it's worth, the German for "diaeresis" appears to be "Trema".
>>> The umlaut looks the same, but it's a different mark: it is an accent,
>>> whereas the diaeresis is (as you describe) also a diacritic but not an
>>> accent.
>>>
>>> Brian Barker
>>>
>>>
>> For those who are interested, it's possible to generate the various
>> special characters by using the U.S. International keyboard. With it,
>> you can use the right Alt key to create those characters, such as ü, á,
>> , £, € etc. The left Alt key works as usual.
>
> Pardon my ignorance, but could you describe how that works or where one would
> find out that information? Thanks.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964658.aspxor a google search with e.g. "alt numpad for symbols"
I should have thought of that. Thanks!
Cliff