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Originally Posted by Welpe

[ComputerNerd]
Another trick if you're using Windows is to go to Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Character Map. This has a list of all sorts of characters, including the a with grave. You can either copy it and paste it into a post or you can type in the number combination and it will appear in your text box.

For example: The key sequence for a with grave is ALT+0224. The numbers are keyed in with your number pad, which is the block of numbers to the right of your keyboard. For à, you would hold down ALT and press 0224 on the number pad and then release ALT.

ñ à ™ ë ΑΩ ...ad naseum.

[/ComputerNerd]

I have used Steve's copy-and-paste method before, but I'm usually too lazy to do it. So I've been meaning to learn shortcuts.

As it happens, the Windows character map is nothing more than the standard ASCII character map in 4 digits. I have a cheat-cheat of ASCII characters that I already use for CADD work, so I'll have to try ít ôút. It workß ok, but there must be something simpler.

I've occasionally inserted accented characters through some accidental combination of ctrl alt characters, but I haven't experimented with finding out what they are. That might have been a Word function, though. . .