Microsoft Word accents & special characters

[wilson]

Man, I even looked that up. Ah, well, learn me to trust google. How the heck did you get the accent over the "e"?

Type it in Word, cut & paste.

[colchar]

Man, I even looked that up. Ah, well, learn me to trust google. How the heck did you get the accent over the "e"?

Type it in Word, cut & paste.

Too much freakin' effort for me. If I ever have to type it here can we just take it as read that I know the correct spelling but am way too lazy to type it out in Word and then cop and paste.

[devildeac]

Man, I even looked that up. Ah, well, learn me to trust google. How the heck did you get the accent over the "e"?

Type it in Word, cut & paste.

Too much freakin' effort for me. If I ever have to type it here can we just take it as read that I know the correct spelling but am way too lazy to type it out in Word and then cop and paste.

Kinda like quoting, eh? :oops: :roll:

[wilson]

Man, I even looked that up. Ah, well, learn me to trust google. How the heck did you get the accent over the "e"?

Type it in Word, cut & paste.

Too much freakin' effort for me. If I ever have to type it here can we just take it as read that I know the correct spelling but am way too lazy to type it out in Word and then cop and paste.

Well, that's just further indication of how anal I am about grammar and orthography.

[DukieInKansas]

Man, I even looked that up. Ah, well, learn me to trust google. How the heck did you get the accent over the "e"?

Type it in Word, cut & paste.

Too much freakin' effort for me. If I ever have to type it here can we just take it as read that I know the correct spelling but am way too lazy to type it out in Word and then cop and paste.

"cop and paste" ?

[Lavabe]

Well, that's just further indication of how anal I am about grammar and orthography.

Can you substitute a "ç" for a "c" in SCRABBLE?

[colchar]

"cop and paste" ?

Nice catch.

[bjornolf]

Type it in Word, cut & paste.

"cop and paste" ?

That's too rich.

[bjornolf]

On a serious note, though, is there an easy way to make the accent over the letter without having to go into the menus and "insert symbol"?

[DukeUsul]

With a keypad (not on a laptop) you can use the alt codes listed here.

http://www.forlang.wsu.edu/help/keyboards.asp

[wilson]

On a serious note, though, is there an easy way to make the accent over the letter without having to go into the menus and "insert symbol"?

Do you mean in Word? The Control key commands are pretty easy. They're basically second nature to me at this point.

[Rolvix]

On a serious note, though, is there an easy way to make the accent over the letter without having to go into the menus and "insert symbol"?

Do you mean in Word? The Control key commands are pretty easy. They're basically second nature to me at this point.

That's impressive. That would be pretty handy to know the control commands... Especially when typing a spanish paper! Gosh, that takes me forever...

[ArkieDukie]

On a serious note, though, is there an easy way to make the accent over the letter without having to go into the menus and "insert symbol"?

Do you mean in Word? The Control key commands are pretty easy. They're basically second nature to me at this point.

That's impressive. That would be pretty handy to know the control commands... Especially when typing a spanish paper! Gosh, that takes me forever...

Trust me, when you use them enough they become second nature. I still remember the control command for a degree symbol from typing my dissertation (Alt 0186 for those who are interested).

[wilson]

Do you mean in Word? The Control key commands are pretty easy. They're basically second nature to me at this point.

That's impressive. That would be pretty handy to know the control commands... Especially when typing a spanish paper! Gosh, that takes me forever...

Trust me, when you use them enough they become second nature. I still remember the control command for a degree symbol from typing my dissertation (Alt 0186 for those who are interested).

You can also set your own Control commands. For instance, Ctrl-L on my computer is the pounds sign, and Ctrl-F is a footnote.

[Rolvix]

That's impressive. That would be pretty handy to know the control commands... Especially when typing a spanish paper! Gosh, that takes me forever...

Trust me, when you use them enough they become second nature. I still remember the control command for a degree symbol from typing my dissertation (Alt 0186 for those who are interested).

You can also set your own Control commands. For instance, Ctrl-L on my computer is the pounds sign, and Ctrl-F is a footnote.

Handy! Thanks for the tip! I'll definitely use that in my spanish class this year. Hopefully I remember it in college.

[YmoBeThere]

Ummmm....yeah.

[OZZIE4DUKE]

9ºF

Hey! It works! Not that I ever doubted you...

[ArkieDukie]

9ºF

Hey! It works! Not that I ever doubted you...

Hate to tell you this, Oz, but -1/2 pt. There's supposed to be a space after the number (9 ºF). I counted off points on lab reports for that mistake so many times that it is now a conditioned response. Correct scientific formatting for me is what grammar is to wilson.

And now, back to your regularly scheduled PWing.

[wilson]

9ºF

Hey! It works! Not that I ever doubted you...

Hate to tell you this, Oz, but -1/2 pt. There's supposed to be a space after the number (9 ºF). I counted off points on lab reports for that mistake so many times that it is now a conditioned response. Correct scientific formatting for me is what grammar is to wilson.

And now, back to your regularly scheduled PWing.

I commend you, Arkie.

[OZZIE4DUKE]

9ºF

Hey! It works! Not that I ever doubted you...

Hate to tell you this, Oz, but -1/2 pt. There's supposed to be a space after the number (9 ºF). I counted off points on lab reports for that mistake so many times that it is now a conditioned response. Correct scientific formatting for me is what grammar is to wilson.

And now, back to your regularly scheduled PWing.

I commend you, Arkie.

Well, quite honestly, as an engineer, I'll disagree with you. The º belongs to the 9. The unit of measure, well, that could be F, C, K, maybe even latitude or longitude. It could even stand alone as 9º. Although "6º of separation" wouldn't fly in my book.

Oops. Didn't really mean to group the F, C and K like that, but it's pretty funny in retrospect.

I'm an engineer, dammit, not an English major.