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Gabriel Zachmann

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Apr 24, 2001, 9:12:40 AM4/24/01
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Does anybody know how to produce umlauts (like ä)
in powerpoint2000 under Win2000 with a *keyboard shortcut* ?
I think I know how to do it in word, but those ways don't seem to work in
powerpoint :-(

TIA,
Gab.

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SteveOnDaRoad

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Apr 23, 2001, 10:18:55 AM4/23/01
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Does Win2000 have Character Map?
Settings, Programs, Accessories etc?
If so, it'll tell you which ALT+number combination to type in order to get
accented/umlauted characters.

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TAJ Simmons

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Apr 24, 2001, 10:50:35 AM4/24/01
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See the hints and tips at
http://www.pptbackgrounds.fsnet.co.uk/pptips.htm

the bit you need is about "making your own toolbars" or "weird characters"

you need to add the button that looks like an omega symbol.
Then you get your own window that pops up for entering all the weird
characters like european stuff
cheers
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Sonia

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Apr 24, 2001, 11:23:46 AM4/24/01
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That would be Alt+0228. (Yes, Win2K has Character Map.)

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Gabriel Zachmann

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Apr 26, 2001, 5:47:10 AM4/26/01
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On Tue, 24 Apr 2001 15:50:35 +0100, TAJ Simmons <in...@pptbackgrounds.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> See the hints and tips at
> http://www.pptbackgrounds.fsnet.co.uk/pptips.htm
>
> the bit you need is about "making your own toolbars" or "weird characters"

thanks, that's more like what I was thinking of.

Of course I know those Alt+0xxx codes (sorry I should have mentioned that),
but I was hoping that I could map something like Alt-a to produce umlaut-a ...

TNX,

Jason Harrison

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May 1, 2001, 3:23:46 PM5/1/01
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Have you tried Tools->AutoCorrect. You could replace a" with and
umlaut-a. Use Control-C and Control-V to copy and past the umlaut-a in
to the "replace with" box.

-Jason

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