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Lislcat
Advanced member
USA
690 Posts |
 Posted - 15/11/2006 : 20:01:57
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Hi,
Somewhere on this site, I saw how to type the o with the diagonal line through it, but now I can't find it. Can anyone help with this? I'd like to be able to type the entire alphabet, if possible.
Thanks, Wanda |
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Admin
Forum Admin
Norway
528 Posts |
Posted - 15/11/2006 : 20:10:07
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æ - press Alt while typing 0230
ø - press Alt while typing 0248
å - press Alt while typing 0229
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jwiborg
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
4961 Posts |
Posted - 15/11/2006 : 20:22:13
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If you're running windows, you should have Character map installed. If it's not installed, you can add it using the windows cd and add/remove programs (windows components under Accessories) from the Control Panel.
You start the character map from the START menu > Run... > charmap
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Lislcat
Advanced member
USA
690 Posts |
Posted - 15/11/2006 : 20:27:50
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Thank-you for your help, but I don't think that works on an Apple computer. I'll have to check and see if Apple can tell me how to do it. If anyone out there has an Apple computer and knows how to do this, I'd be very grateful.
Thanks, Wanda
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Jo Anne Sadler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Admin
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Norway
528 Posts |
Posted - 15/11/2006 : 21:03:15
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You could just copy and paste!
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Lislcat
Advanced member
USA
690 Posts |
Posted - 15/11/2006 : 21:14:08
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I just talked to my husband and he said it's really easy to do and he'll set it up tonight, so I'll have it on my keyboard. We have an international setting in Preferences, I'm just not sure how to set it up for the Norwegian characters. He was too busy when I called to tell me how to do it, so I can wait. What could be easier than that? I love my MAC! We've had MAC's for about 14 or 15 years and I wouldn't change for anything. My husband uses a PC at work and still prefers the MAC. Depends what you started on, I think. I started on both and just preferred the MAC.
Thanks for your help. Wanda |
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Lislcat
Advanced member
USA
690 Posts |
Posted - 15/11/2006 : 21:44:07
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Thanks everyone, but I figured it out. Two clicks of the mouse and I've got the character palette on my desk top, plus if I keep it on the Norwegian setting, certain keys become those characters.
Now I see why my husband said it was easy. He uses different language characters all the time, so I knew he would know what to do, but I'm very proud of myself for figuring this out.
This is fun! ø æ å! Doesn't take much to make me happy, I guess.
Thanks again, Wanda |
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Roberta
Junior member
USA
64 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2006 : 02:55:20
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Next question, on the Toshiba Satellite A105 laptop - how can you get the Norwegian characters to work in the Family Treemaker software. The capability is there to do it in a word document. It does not work in the genealogy software. The characters being discussed are in most cases typed with the alt key and the numeric keypad. Laptops do not have numeric keypads. Has anyone else run into this problem? Toshiba was no help and neither was Family Treemaker. Short of buying a USB numeric keypad to plug into the laptop!!!
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lands
Starting member
USA
29 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2006 : 03:44:48
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Hi Roberta,
I used to use a Compaq laptop and to access the ascii codes I had to engage the function key. I do not know if this will help with your Toshiba but I would think that it would have a function key as most laptops do.  .
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Richard Schumacher
Junior member
USA
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Posted - 01/12/2006 : 05:16:10
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One way to type in a different language is to install the language keyboard. It is easy, but may take a try or two to get it the way you want it.
Go to Control Panel - classic view. Look for regional languages. Add the language you desire. When you want to use the keyboard, hit the little menu (top or bottom) that was installed and select the language.
I have four different languages installed for my use (Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and German). What I did was go to Word and type out a map of the keyboard hitting enter after each line of the keyboard. Do this with twice - once with and once without using the shift key. Save the printout of each language for reference. There are only a couple of keys that you will have to use to get the common Norwegian characters (; gives ø, ' gives æ, [ gives å). Be careful and make sure to shift out of the language when you are done.
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jwknudsen
Junior member
USA
33 Posts |
Posted - 03/12/2006 : 22:16:52
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Your Mac should allow you to simply hold down the option (alt). key and one other to get the desired Norwegian characters. Add the shift key to get upper case.
option o = ø
option a = å
option ' = æ
shift option o = Ø
shift option a = Å
shift option ' = Æ
Your Mac OS may also include Key Caps in the Apple pull-down menu. This application will show the locations of special characters on your keyboard and allow you to cut & paste them.
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Lislcat
Advanced member
USA
690 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2006 : 17:08:18
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Thank-you JK!
I knew that there had to be some Mac savvy people out there. I just tried what you said and it worked!
Thanks again, Wanda |
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Roberta
Junior member
USA
64 Posts |
Posted - 16/04/2007 : 23:44:10
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| I'm back again hoping that someone has run into and come up with a solution for my problem regarding the typing of special characters in Family Treemaker since I last posted it. I did buy a USB based numerical keypad to use with my laptop - it works great for dates, etc. BUT it still does not work in Family Treemaker to put in the unique characters from other languages. My next step is to call Toshiba again - perhaps the customer service representative that I got did not understand my question correctly or was unaware of the correct answer to it. Then I guess I will try to install the other language keyboard to see if that works. I can type these characters in WORD or in an e-mail so the capability is in my laptop, it just does not transfer to Family Treemaker where I really need it. |
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Roberta
Junior member
USA
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Posted - 17/04/2007 : 01:31:50
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I finally got an answer from Toshiba on this question (after my second call there). If you look closely at your laptop keyboard, there may be numbers or other things written in the margins of your keys that you never noticed before. On the Toshiba they are very small and very lightly marked. All the keys from a numeric keypad are there under the keys normally accessed with the right hand starting with what is the "7" on the regular keypad. In order to activate it you must hold the function key "FN" while hitting F11. A light comes on showing that the numeric keypad has been activated. At that point you can enter the special characters in the normal way using the alt key and the correct series of numbers. Eureka! It should not be so hard and require so much perserverance to get these answers from the manufacturers. I wonder what other things this laptop can do that I am not aware of!!!!!
By the way, I did try to locate a Norwegian keyboard to download while I was on hold with Toshiba and was unsuccessful. One set of instructions I had said to go to the control panel if I was using Windows and I should be able to download it there from the keyboard icon. Not with this laptop! I was in the process of trying to find a download at Microsoft when the service representative came back with the answer above.
Thank you everyone for your suggestions. |
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