[bksvol-discuss] Re: French accent mark
- From: "Jackie M." <xercon@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 05:26:05 -0700
Sarah,
Thanks so much! I use JAWS but didn't know anything about that insert-4
trick! That's great to know about.
- Jackie McCraw
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 11:10 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: French accent mark
> If you like making them with Word that's fine, but another way to make the
e
> with an acute accent mark, as in the word café, is to turn off numb-lock
and
> then hold down alt while typing 130 on the numb-pad. Of course that is
> inconvenient, but if your not in Word everything about making those
> characters is inconvenient. Thus the fit I threw about them not being
> recognized recently. :-)
>
> If you are a JAWS user you can also use insirt-4 to get a list of
characters
> that JAWS can insirt in to your document. The 4 in this case is the one
> above the e and r not on the numb-pad. Not every character you might ever
> want is in that list, but a lot are. Just hit enter on the one you want
and
> it will be insirted.
>
> Sarah Van Oosterwijck
> curious entity at earthlink dot net
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 9:23 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: French accent mark
>
>
> > That is probably an e acute. You write the accent, in MS Word, by
typing
> > control-apostrophe, then e. I am pasting in a little file I have of how
> to
> > create various accents in Word, which I believe I got from Kelly.
> > Some, like the U umlaut or thorn, I've just had to copy and paste in.
> > Tracy
> >
> > You first press a key combination, then release it, then
> > type the letter you want to accent.
> > For acute accents you type
> > control-apostrophe, release it, then type the letter.
> > For circumflex accents it's ctrl-shift-6 (that one's really weird; I
> wonder
> > why they did it that
> > way.)
> > Grave accent is ctrl-grave plus the letter.
> > The C with cedilla is ctrl-comma then C.
> >
> > Umlaut, ctrl-shift-6 (unless caret is somewhere else on your keyboard.)
> > control-shift-tilde also does it. Do that first, then type the letter
> > you want umlauted.
> >
> > ü U umlaut.
> >
> >
> > At 06:08 PM 6/9/04 -0400, you wrote:
> > >Hi, group.
> > >
> > >I have a book with one of the main characters being Jean-Leon, with an
> > >accent on the e. It reads as a 6. What key do I use to correct this?
> > >
> > >Thanks.
> > >
> > >Mickey L.
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Sharon Jackson" <dolly1025@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 9:04 AM
> > >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Submitted The Georgia Trilogy by Eugenia
Price
> > >
> > >
> > >> Hello,
> > >>
> > >> I submitted The Georgia Trilogy by Eugenia Price. The trilogy
includes
> > >the
> > >> following books:
> > >> 1. Bright Captivity 1991
> > >> 2. Where Shadows Go 1993
> > >> 3. Beauty from Ashes 1995
> > >>
> > >> Sharon
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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