french accents in powerpoint

Dave

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Jul 29, 2002, 2:41:21 PM7/29/02

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I'll try this again. I'm doing some french inpowerpoint
but am having a hard time finding all the accents that I
need. Using a french canadian keyboard I can get accents
above e's no problem (é, è) but cannot get a circonflex or
a cédille. I've tried using ALT keycodes, but I think
these are just for Word and I don't want to have to do 195
slides in word and import all the text boxes. Surely there
must be an easire way to do this!!!

Thanks.

Dave

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Jul 29, 2002, 2:41:24 PM7/29/02

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Kenneth J Gill

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Jul 29, 2002, 3:07:07 PM7/29/02

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Hi Dave,
Looking at my Monotype Composite Character, it refers to
'circumflex' which shold be created by typing: option i+e
ê

Ken

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Steve Rindsberg

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Jul 29, 2002, 3:45:56 PM7/29/02

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ALT codes work pretty much in any application, not just word.

You could also use AutoCorrect to convert the "acircumflex" or just "acirc"
that you type into the character you need.

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Steve Rindsberg

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Jul 29, 2002, 3:47:52 PM7/29/02

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Some clown stole our Option keys, though. That's why they make us hang out
here in the Windows PPT group instead of the Mac crowd. <g>

>Looking at my Monotype Composite Character, it refers to
'circumflex' which shold be created by typing: option i+e

ę

Ken

>-----Original Message-----
>I'll try this again. I'm doing some french inpowerpoint
>but am having a hard time finding all the accents that I
>need. Using a french canadian keyboard I can get accents

>above e's no problem (é, č) but cannot get a circonflex or

Michael Koerner

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Jul 29, 2002, 4:27:28 PM7/29/02

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The Alt+xxxx also works in PowerPoint. You might want to create some Autocorrect
function, that automatically transpose your foreign Characters for example 'e
could be used for è (Alt+0232) and e' could be used for é (Alt+0233)

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"Dave" <dmo...@cfmmajestic.com> wrote in message

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I'll try this again. I'm doing some french inpowerpoint
but am having a hard time finding all the accents that I
need. Using a french canadian keyboard I can get accents

above e's no problem (é, è) but cannot get a circonflex or

business.org

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Jul 29, 2002, 7:10:46 PM7/29/02

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In article <2de001c2372f$ac239980$2ae2...@phx.gbl>, "Dave" <dmo...@cfmmajestic.com> wrote:
>I'll try this again. I'm doing some french inpowerpoint=20
>but am having a hard time finding all the accents that I=20
>need. Using a french canadian keyboard I can get accents=20
>above e's no problem (=E9, =E8) but cannot get a circonflex or=20
>a c=E9dille. I've tried using ALT keycodes, but I think=20
>these are just for Word and I don't want to have to do 195=20
>slides in word and import all the text boxes. Surely there=20

>must be an easire way to do this!!!
>
>Thanks.

Open the Character Map application concurrently with Powerpoint to the font
you are using -- choose the accented character you want through that, select
and then copy in Character Map and then paste into your typing in Powerpoint
-- maybe not the quickest but it works!!!

BJ

Steve Rindsberg

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Jul 29, 2002, 8:50:54 PM7/29/02

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Ah, I like that ... ^e for circumfection and so on. Neat.
Now if I could just figure out how to DO Alt key combos on this #$#@*&^*
laptop keyboard.
FN + embedded numberpad keys gives me numbers; you'd think ALT + FN +
numberpad would ... but nooooooooooooooo......

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Glen Millar

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Jul 29, 2002, 9:04:22 PM7/29/02

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Steve,

You swear so politely.

Glen

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Michael Koerner

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Jul 29, 2002, 9:15:41 PM7/29/02

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Try Fn+F11, then your Alt+xxxx

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Steve Rindsberg

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Jul 29, 2002, 9:19:29 PM7/29/02

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A #@$(*&ing perfect @(#$&(8 gentleman, that's me.

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Kathryn Jacobs

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Jul 29, 2002, 10:11:08 PM7/29/02

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Steve - Only you would swear so politely and still make Outlook go nuts!
(It thinks your comments are email addresses!)

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Glen Millar

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Jul 29, 2002, 10:58:07 PM7/29/02

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Kathy,

I was tempted to reply to his email adddress.

Glen

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Steve Rindsberg

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Jul 30, 2002, 10:01:58 AM7/30/02

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Véry góôd!

THANKS!

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Steve Rindsberg

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Jul 30, 2002, 10:06:19 AM7/30/02

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Wow. Never thought of this, but I wonder if you can register domain names
that look like Donald Duck on a bad Huey/Dewey/Louie day?

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Steve Rindsberg

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Jul 30, 2002, 10:05:29 AM7/30/02

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Outlook seems to be able to handle @ signs either on their own or when
they're on the @ttack end of a word or even spl@ on the end of one. But if
you spl@tter one in the middle of a word, it thinks it's an email address.
No m@tter that there's no legible domain there ... no period, no "com",
"gov", "edu" or whatever.

Dumb parsing routines, I guess. We call that a bug where I come from. <g>

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> > > > > could be used for č (Alt+0232) and e' could be used for é

(Alt+0233)
> > > > >
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> > > > > I'll try this again. I'm doing some french inpowerpoint
> > > > > but am having a hard time finding all the accents that I
> > > > > need. Using a french canadian keyboard I can get accents

> > > > > above e's no problem (é, č) but cannot get a circonflex or

Michael Koerner

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Jul 30, 2002, 10:57:44 AM7/30/02

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Anytime

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Kathryn Jacobs

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Jul 30, 2002, 12:33:08 PM7/30/02

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No No No - I have told you before - It is a feature. Maybe a feature you
don't want, but a feature
<vvbg>

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Steve Rindsberg

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Jul 30, 2002, 3:03:21 PM7/30/02

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What's that they say about "anything sufficiently advanced technologically
is indistinguishable from magic"? Something like that.

They need one of those sayings for these kinda features.

Anything features that're sufficiently annoying (and that can't be disabled)
are indistinguishable from bugs.

In support of which, I offer Exhibit A: Clippie, a la Office 97. ;-)

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> > > > > > > could be used for è (Alt+0232) and e' could be used for é

> > (Alt+0233)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > DO NOT POST ATTACHMENTS IN THIS NEWSGROUP
> > > > > > > Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Got a PowerPoint wish/suggestion/beef?
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> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > "Dave" <dmo...@cfmmajestic.com> wrote in message
> > > > > > > news:2de001c2372f$ac239980$2ae2...@phx.gbl...
> > > > > > > I'll try this again. I'm doing some french inpowerpoint
> > > > > > > but am having a hard time finding all the accents that I
> > > > > > > need. Using a french canadian keyboard I can get accents

> > > > > > > above e's no problem (é, è) but cannot get a circonflex or