To type accented characters on Windows XP, select:
Start > Control Panel > Date, Time, Language and Regional Options > Add other
Languages > Text services and input languages > Details > Add > Keyboard
layout/IME > United States-International (qwerty keyboard). The use of specific
language keyboards are useful to those who are familiar with the specific language
keyboard in question.
Also read the ASCII values and Character Sets topic for more information.
To type accented characters on other Windows OS, select:
My Computer Control Panel - Keyboard - Language Properties - United
States-International. This setting will allow you to type characters with accents
without re-mapping your keyboard.
On older systems, you may need to install the files Kbdusx.kbd and Kbdusx.dll
in the windows\system directory of the machine in question.
You can also select one of the French keyboards, but I personally do not advise it for
most English speaking users.
The US-International keyboard layout does not remap your standard US keyboard layout.
Instead it creates international characters by assigning certain characters a strikeover
function so you can use them to add an accent or diacritical mark to a character. It also
assigns new functions to the RIGHT ALT key. It is advised to use this method when you need
to type many foreign characters and need to type them in other applications as well. This
method changes the characters that display when you press the keys on your keyboard.
To access the file Kbdusx.dll on Windows NT, select My
Computer > Control Panel > Keyboard > Input Locales > Properties > and then
select US International in the Keyboard Layout pull down list.
After selecting the Ok button, the system will try to find the necessary
file (Kbdusx.dll) and ask to insert the CD for Windows NT or to indicate
the location of a network server. After finding the file Kbdusx.dll it
will copy it to the system directory on your machine. The workflow for Windows 95 and 98
is somewhat identical.
From within MicroSoft Word, you can also use the Insert Symbol command to
insert available symbols. To access a different set of symbols, select a different font in
the Symbols From box.
Outlook: Reading and sending mail in other languages
If you receive unmarked international messages, they will most of the time display
correctly, but some languages with different character set may not because Outlook uses
the specified default encoding for unmarked messages. These default encoding values depend
of the Regional Settings or system local settings of your Operating System. For
most languages specify Western European as a default. To do so, select Tools
> Options > Mail Format tab > International Options button,
then select Western European for incoming and outgoing messages. Note
that encoding apply to messages that you receive and messages that you send. If you want
to send and receive messages that contain multiple character sets or multiple alphabets,
select Unicode. To change the encoding of a received message View
menu > Encoding, then select the alphabet you want to use.
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