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Resources, Technical Assistance and Technology News => Translator resources => General technical issues => Topic started by: Vion on 19 Jan, 2016, 20:55:37
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I'm having a problem using alt key codes (for French letters) as shown here: https://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=28758.0
I never had trouble with this in the past, but I can't get it to work now. Alt + 0233 gives me an ! alt + 0234 gives me a " - so something is wrong...
(Windows 7, MS Office 2007)
Thanks for any ideas :)
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Does CTRL+' (APOSTROPHE)+ the letter work?
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Yes, that works in Word.
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Then no reason to use Alt keys.
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It gives only the accent aigu ´ no grave ` or circonflexe ˆ. It must be a setting somewhere...
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Do these work?
CTRL+` (ACCENT GRAVE), the letter
CTRL+SHIFT+^ (CARET), the letter
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Ah yes, it works :)
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If I go to insert symbol → more symbols in Word, it displays the old familiar key combinations (e.g. alt + 0233), but they no longer work :( Must be some update.
Progress.
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Well, I still do not see the reason why you want to use ALT keys when the same can be achieved, in an easier way, with different shortcuts.
Have a look here:
Special symbols with Alt+ number pad - not working on my laptop (Office applications) (http://www.proz.com/forum/office_applications/139633-special_symbols_with_alt%2B_number_pad_not_working_on_my_laptop.html)
https://www.warlight.net/Forum/43758-typing-accents-work-computer
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These commands used to work in Notepad and browsers. Now they do not and neither does the Ctrl version, so it's not a problem in Office, but in Windows I think.
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Update :) All is good again! After searching in the most unlikely places... this was a keyboard malfunction plain and simple. My numpad 2, 5 and 8 keys were dead. Luckily, I have another keyboard of the same type.