Czech accents in Microsoft Word

[Laurel Mittenthal]

Gilbert:

To solve this problem, it is probably best to install the Windows Czech
 keyboard, and switch the U.S./International keyboard and the Czech keyboard
 whenever you need to write Czech letters. You can do this on Win95, 98, and
 NT4; I haven't tried in Win2000 yet.

To install the C.E. keyboard (or any other non-US keyboard for which MS provides
 support)

1) On your desktop, go to My Computer => Control Panel => Add/Remove Programs

2) Click on the Windows Set-up tab.

3) Check off the box marked "Multi-language support."

4) Windows might prompt you for your original Windows-95 or Windows-98 CD ROM.
 If you do not have this disk, download Microsoft's lang.exe file from
 (http://www.microsoft.com/opentype/multilang/default.htm), and follow the
 directions in the Readme file there.

Install the appropriate keyboard(s)

5) On your desktop, go to My Computer => Control Panel => Keyboards

6) Click on the Languages tab.

7) Choose the keyboard(s) you wish to install by clicking on "Add" and scrolling
 through the list of keyboards for different languages.

8) Then, still on the Language tab screen, pick a "hot-key" to switch between
 English and and your other keyboard(s). The default is Alt-Shift, but
 Control-Shift is easier to use.

9) Also, check to see that the Enable indicator box is checked. That allows you
 to see what keyboard you are in on the taskbar. You can write in the language
 you have chosen by pressing the "hot-key" (Ctrl-Shift, or whatever you chose)
 in most Windows programs.

Good luck with this. Please feel free to contact me if you need help or have
 more questions.

Regards
Laurel Mittenthal

_______________________________
Laurel Mittenthal
Foreign Language Computing Specialist
Harvard University      +1.617.496.6005
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~mittenth/


At 16:27 08.09.99 -0400, you wrote:
>Dear Madam or Sir;
>
>I have a question pertaining to using Czech accents in Microsoft Word 6.0
>or 7.0 (either for Windows 95).  I was directed to this address by another
>faculty member at Williams College who subscribes to your list.
>
>I have been unable to find more than one Czech accent in Microsoft Word 6.0
>or 7.0.  Is there a dowload which will give me the appropriate font or
>accents (accessible through "Insert" and "Symbol")?  I need the accents to
>cite Czech scholars properly.  I have been unable to find a suitable
>download at the Microsoft website.  Do you know of a specific internet
>address where I could find these accents or a font?
>
>I would even be willing to purchase such a font if necessary.
>
>I would be very grateful for your help and ideas.
>
>Please reply off-list, as I am not subscribed.
>
>Yours sincerely,
>
>Gilbert Tostevin
>Visiting Professor of Anthropology,
>Williams College
>Gilbert.B.Tostevin at williams.edu