Way, way OT: How do I get the "u" with two dots??

[aliceinwonderland]

In German...how do i produce this is in Word? thanks so much. Need it for work.

:)

[jd11365]

Not to hijack, but while were at it...
How do I get the ~ over an n for a Spanish word and the ` over the e at the end of Renee?

[KrisM]

In Word, I would go to Insert>Symbol and choose it as a symbol. In my version of Word, it is listed under Latin-1.

Alternatively, you may be able to use ASCII characters. To get a lower case letter, use ALT-129 and upper is ALT-154. These utilize the number pad on your keyboard. I'm not having any luck with that in Word, but it may be because I'm on a laptop. ü - there that is ALT-129.

[KrisM]

Again, I'd look in the Insert>Symbol menu first. ALT-164 is lower case n and ALT-165 is upper. The e is ALT-138.

[mamicka]

Go to the character Map (usually under Accessories -> System Tools) & select the font you're using. Find the character you'd like in the grid & click on it. Click select to bring it down to the 'characters to copy' field. You can either copy & paste it from here or use the keys on the lower left of this window to type it into your document.

sorry if this is incoherent, nak.

Allison

[mudder17]

In PC's and some of the macs that I've used, type ctrl-shift colon, then the "u". For the n, type ctrl-shift twiddle (next to the 1, I think), then the "n". And yes, you can go into the character map (insert symbol) and hunt for the characters.


Eileen

http://www.mothering.com/discussions...ies/candle.gif for Leah

http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbo...n_gold_12m.gif , 17 months & counting


http://tickers.baby-gaga.com/t/catca..._4_Kaya+is.png

[aliceinwonderland]

it worked. thanks so much :)

[jd11365]

I'm on a Mac. What is ALT-164? I can type the `, but can't get it over the e. Same with the ~. I can't get it over the n.

[mudder17]

Do you have a ctrl key? Try Ctrl-shift-~ and then type the n. And try ctrl-' then type the e.

If these things don't work, do you have an insert-symbol in word? If so, you should be able to find the letters/symbols in one of the fonts, probably the latin.

Eileen

http://www.mothering.com/discussions...ies/candle.gif for Leah

http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbo...n_gold_12m.gif , 17 months & counting


http://tickers.baby-gaga.com/t/catca..._4_Kaya+is.png

[jd11365]

Nope. :(