Can't get the acute accent on i using ALT Gr key

[Rudy]

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I have a problem displaying the 'í' character in
any text editor under xp.

The keyboard and the regional settings are correct at English(Irish).

In order to get the acute accent on vowels I use the key combination of
Alt Gr + Vowel, eg a,e,i,o,u, to display á,é,í,ó,ú.
They all work with the exception of the í.

The ALT+0237 keystroke combination works but I would rather use the
ALTGR system.

Any advice greatly appreciated.

slán

Rudy

 

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In news:1109252273.344123.273320@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com,
rudy@campus.ie <rudy@campus.ie> typed:

> I have a problem displaying the 'í' character in
> any text editor under xp.
>
> The keyboard and the regional settings are correct at
> English(Irish).
>
> In order to get the acute accent on vowels I use the key
> combination
> of Alt Gr + Vowel, eg a,e,i,o,u, to display á,é,í,ó,ú.
> They all work with the exception of the í.
>
> The ALT+0237 keystroke combination works but I would rather use
> the
> ALTGR system.


I can't help with your problem, but I wanted to recommend an
alternative solution. I use a little freeware background program
called AllChars. This lets me type many common special characters
(many of these are used in other languages) by pressing the ctrl
key followed by a two character mnemonic combination.
For example, for ñ the two characters are ~ and n. For ç it's c
and , For ü it's u and "

Go to http://allchars.zwolnet.com/


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[Rudy]

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Thanks for the tips but sadly not practical as I have large number of
pcs (xp prof, sp2)to support.

Can't understand how it affects only the i vowel?

 

[peter]

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Have you tried the built in character map? Start/All
Programs/Accessories/System Tools

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Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
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> In news:1109252273.344123.273320@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com,
> rudy@campus.ie <rudy@campus.ie> typed:
>
>> I have a problem displaying the 'í' character in
>> any text editor under xp.
>>
>> The keyboard and the regional settings are correct at English(Irish).
>>
>> In order to get the acute accent on vowels I use the key combination
>> of Alt Gr + Vowel, eg a,e,i,o,u, to display á,é,í,ó,ú.
>> They all work with the exception of the í.
>>
>> The ALT+0237 keystroke combination works but I would rather use the
>> ALTGR system.
>
>
> I can't help with your problem, but I wanted to recommend an alternative
> solution. I use a little freeware background program called AllChars. This
> lets me type many common special characters (many of these are used in
> other languages) by pressing the ctrl key followed by a two character
> mnemonic combination.
> For example, for ñ the two characters are ~ and n. For ç it's c and , For
> ü it's u and "
>
> Go to http://allchars.zwolnet.com/
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>

 

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<rudy@campus.ie> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the tips but sadly not practical as I have large number of
> pcs (xp prof, sp2)to support.
>
> Can't understand how it affects only the i vowel?

Does it work if you do Ctrl-Alt and the i?


--
Trish
Dublin, Ireland

 

[peter]

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The only thing I can think of is alter your keyboard settings to
US-International and then all the accents will be available...but I found
that rather awkward...you may not.

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Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HDD, 1.0gb DDR.
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>
> <rudy@campus.ie> wrote in message
> news:1109265401.651431.56680@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>> Thanks for the tips but sadly not practical as I have large number of
>> pcs (xp prof, sp2)to support.
>>
>> Can't understand how it affects only the i vowel?
>
> Does it work if you do Ctrl-Alt and the i?
>
>
> --
> Trish
> Dublin, Ireland
>

 

[Rudy]

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Folks,

I finally found what I was looking for!

The problem has to do with the graphics card on the dell optiplexs -
right click on the desktop goto graphics options, hotkeys , and
choose disable.

Go raibh maith agaibh go léir!

Rudy
Dublin, Ireland