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General => Technical Help => Topic started by: roopat on Sunday 24 January 21 22:11 GMT (UK)
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I was completely unaware until recently that some laptops (notebooks?) don't have a number pad.
Teaching languages for years my colleagues and I used to use the number pad routinely and easily to type accented letters. My daughter is a primary languages teacher and told me her new Chromebook has no number pad so every time she needs to type an accented letter she has to go to Insert then Special Character then scroll through the very detailed list which is laborious and irritating.
Does anyone know a better/ quicker way?
Pat
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If you're using Windows, then use the 'Character Map' which is among the Windows Accessories. I keep it on my menu bar so it's always handy.
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see https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/1059492?hl=en (https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/1059492?hl=en)
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Good evening,
If it is touchscreen it may work the same way as my samsung. Touch and hold the letter, on mine a small window opens with all the variations of that letter with various accents. Then you choose the one you need.
John915
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On my tablet I do as John915 says, long press the key in question. If I want to type a word on my laptop such as the French word garçon, I Google 'French word for boy ' then copy and paste the result.
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Good evening,
If it is touchscreen it may work the same way as my samsung. Touch and hold the letter, on mine a small window opens with all the variations of that letter with various accents. Then you choose the one you need.
John915
My laptop works like this too. Hold down the key. Then you can select the appropriate version by either using the touch pad or by keying a number that is indicated.
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I created a TXT file that I saved on the desktop.
I open it each time I restart the computer (which is not often, because it's on Standby over night) and a link appears in the bar at the bottom of the screen.
Then I can copy and paste any character.
Here it is:
æ ä á à â ã å Æ Ä Á À Â Ã Å ª
ç Ç © ¢
ð Ð
ë Ë é è ê É È Ê €
ƒ
ï í ì î Ï Í Ì Î
£
µ
ñ Ñ
ø œ ö ó ò ô õ Ø Œ Ö Ó Ò Ô Õ
®
š Š ß
þ
ü ú ù û Ü Ú Ù Û
ÿ ý Ÿ Ý ¥
ž Ž
º ¹ ² ³ ¼ ½ ¾ ± × ÷ ‰ °
»« ¡ ¿ † ‡ § ¶ •
(tab)
- – (dash)
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I also have a C&P list like that too but also on the page is Alt codes for some of the more obscure ones I use in engineering.
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The character map gives you thousands of letters and symbols in dozens of fonts.
èêð÷Ĉ℅⅙Ω↰↻⑱♀☽☺♫♣
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The character map is a great help. I have it linked on my task bar.
╠ ╣
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Yes, Erato, but all of mine are ASCII characters that can be pasted in anywhere, including a text-only eMail. Most of yours will appear as a question mark (or a blank) in such a case.
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You can ínstall a Spanish or Frénch keyboard from the çontrol panél and download an image of the keyboard layout. ¡You soon get used to where the different symbols are found! ¿OK?
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I have a Spanish language keyboard an have onl one complaint about it - the @ symbol requires using the AltShift key.
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Wow! So many options to try - I will pass these on to my daughter and she can have a play around with the Chromebook.
Thank you everybody for going to such trouble to help. I knew this would be the place to ask ;D
Pat