How to type accented characters in Outlook 2003?

[BarrySandell]

Accented characters in Outlook 2003 are not entered using the same key
combinations as in Word. For instance, in Word, the key combination Ctrl-`
then a gives à, whereas à is generated in Outlook 2003 by the key combination
Ctrl-# then a - Ctrl-` then a just gives an unaccented a. I have no idea why
the difference! So far I've found the accented characters in the list below.
Does anyone know how to generate other accents such as ç and å ? It's not in
any Outlook documentation I've found.

Ctrl-' then vowel à è ì ò ù À È Ì Ò Ù
Ctrl-# then vowel á é í ó ú Á É Í Ó Ú
Ctrl-: then vowel ä ë ï ö ü Ä Ë Ï Ö Ü
Ctrl-^ then vowel â ê î ô û Â Ê Î Ô Û
Ctrl-@ then n ñ
Ctrl-@ then vowel ã õ (not e, i or u)

Alternatively:

Ctrl-Alt-vowel á é í ó ú Á É Í Ó Ú
AltGr-vowel á é í ó ú Á É Í Ó Ú

[Roady [MVP]]

You mean SHIFT instead of CTRL, right?
Sounds like you've got multiple keyboard layouts installed and have assigned
a different one to Outlook and Word.
See http://www.msoutlook.info/question/16

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[Brian Tillman]

BarrySandell <BarryS...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Accented characters in Outlook 2003 are not entered using the same key
> combinations as in Word. For instance, in Word, the key combination
> Ctrl-` then a gives à, whereas à is generated in Outlook 2003 by the
> key combination Ctrl-# then a - Ctrl-` then a just gives an
> unaccented a. I have no idea why the difference! So far I've found
> the accented characters in the list below. Does anyone know how to
> generate other accents such as ç and å ? It's not in any Outlook
> documentation I've found.

Choose the character you want from Character Map (Start>All
Programs>Accessories>System Tools) or download one of the available
character composers available on the Internet. I like
http://allchars.zwolnet.com/ . It allows you to include a cedilla or a ring
(a single circle above a letter) by pressing, in sequence, Ctrl, then the
letter, then the comma or the lower case "o", to produce ç or å.

[Roady [MVP]]

That's only needed when you have your keyboard language set to English or
any other language that doesn't have accents and such in their language.
Languages that do (Dutch, German, etc...) have direct support for this by
pressing SHIFT+' or " or ` or , or ^, etc... and then the character you want
to combine it with. If you don't press a valid character to combine it with
after that, it will print the original accent and character separately.

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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

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"Brian Tillman" <tillm...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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[James]

Why not try Alt+192(numeric keypad) and so on? try it out yourself.

[VanguardLH]

"BarrySandell" <BarryS...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> Accented characters in Outlook 2003 are not entered using the same
> key
> combinations as in Word. For instance, in Word, the key combination
> Ctrl-`

> then a gives ร , whereas ร is generated in Outlook 2003 by the key

> combination
> Ctrl-# then a - Ctrl-` then a just gives an unaccented a. I have no
> idea why
> the difference! So far I've found the accented characters in the
> list below.

> Does anyone know how to generate other accents such as รง and รฅ ?

> It's not in
> any Outlook documentation I've found.
>

> Ctrl-' then vowel ร รจ รฌ รฒ รน ร? ร^ รO ร' รT
> Ctrl-# then vowel รก รฉ รญ รณ รบ ร ร? ร ร" รs
> Ctrl-: then vowel รค รซ รฏ รถ รผ ร" ร< ร ร- รo
> Ctrl-^ then vowel รข รช รฎ รด รป ร, รS รZ ร" ร>
> Ctrl-@ then n รฑ
> Ctrl-@ then vowel รฃ รต (not e, i or u)
>
> Alternatively:
>
> Ctrl-Alt-vowel รก รฉ รญ รณ รบ ร ร? ร ร" รs
> AltGr-vowel รก รฉ รญ รณ รบ ร ร? ร ร" รs
>
>
>

Memorizing the keyboard shortcuts for accented characters sounds as
handy as memorizing using Alt+<4digitcode> for them. In other words,
a lot of memorization that might not gets used often to warrant the
memorization. Charmap is probably easier to use than trying to
repeatedly guess at what is the key combo or Alt+code for an accented
character.