Irish Translation Forum

irishlady wrote:

Cymro-Breatnach wrote:

páidín wrote:

irishlady wrote:sorry, I don't know how to make the little these ^ thingies over the "o"s

in windows go to: Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Character Map
double-click the ô icon, and press copy. then paste it by pressing Ctrl+V

All I do is press down Alt, then type in 0244 on the number keyboard and release the Alt. Making sure that Num Lock is on.

Yes, but i have a laptop...no numberpad, just the numbers above the letters, so the codes don't work like that!!

The only way around that is by using the Character Map. Just select the letter you want, click the "Select" button. Then either hold down the Ctrl key, hit "C" ( This copies the letter), then Ctrl+V to paste it into the message; or use the Copy button on the Character Map and then Ctrl+V to paste into the message. (How about that for a nice long run-on sentence? )

Thanks, Peggi!! I got it down now!!

Or, if you are using the nifty U.S. International keyboard layout, just hit Shift-6 and then o and it will come out like so: ô

áéíóúýàèìòùâêîôûäëïöüÿçãõñ
(plus uppercase versions)
No character map needed!

David

Yeh, I tried the U.S. International setting, but it drove me absolutely bonkers, I could never find anything I got so adjusted to the Irish/English that it's kind of a permanent thing for my keyboard now!!