[nabs-l] Making foreign Language symbols

[Nicole B. Torcolini at Home]

You do it by turning on num lock and then holding down the alt key and 
punching in on the numpad the ascii code for the symbol. I know the codes 
for the german umlauts.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Justin Young" <jty727 at gmail.com>
To: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>; "National Association of 
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Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 7:51 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Making foreign Language symbols


> No I am talking like Microsoft word on PC.
>
> On 1/10/11, Ashley  Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Are you refering to writing in braille or the keyboard?
>> If typing, not sure but certain key combinations make the accented 
>> letters.
>> Dots are accents usually.
>> If you mean braille, there are contracted braille symbols to stand for 
>> the
>> accented letters.
>> Foreign languages are written in uncontracted braille.
>>
>> Ashley
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Justin Young" <jty727 at gmail.com>
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 9:18 PM
>> Subject: [nabs-l] Making foreign Language symbols
>>
>>
>>> Hi all!
>>>
>>> Hope your semesters have begun great!  I had a question.  Does anyone
>>> know how to make those fancy symbols when writing in foreign language?
>>> Like the 2 dots above a "u" in a German word and so on.
>>> Thanks,
>>> Justin
>>>
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