Subject: Re: who can help?
From: Martin Sevior (msevior@mccubbin.ph.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Sat Oct 20 2001 - 06:39:53 CDT
On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Nicola Alfredo Napoletano wrote:
> HelpMy Abiword copy runs on windows98 Italian version.
> My aim is to use this word processor mainly in the french language and
> therefore use the following vocals: â, ê, î, ô and û.
> I own a qwerty italian keyboard and I can print such letters combining
> ALT key with a four cypher code (ASCII code i presume).
> Above combination doesn't work when I use Abiword.
> I currently overcome this problem as follows:
> The word processor has a french dictionary and a built-in proof reader,
> which underlines the mistakes( e.g. the missing ^) and shows a list of words
> I can choose from. In most of the cases I can find the word correctly spelled.
> But sometimes the meaning of a word may change by changing its accent...
>
> Your suggestions will be highly appreciated.
>
Hi Nick,
Start the "insert Symbol" dialog and pick out the symbols you
need. You can leave the "insert Symbol" window up and runnign and keep
typing.
Cheers
Martin
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