<DIV>Tried your method, and it works for Mac but not for within my email provider (yahoo) in English, and I don't have the right at work to do it. I can work around it in Word, so it's not too bad.</DIV>
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<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Valerie Sutton <sutton@signwriting.org></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">SignWriting List<BR>October 21, 2004<BR><BR>Charles Butler wrote:<BR>> Right now I have to type in an independent program like Word, which <BR>> does support accents through Command + (like command ~ + a gets you a <BR>> tilde over an a) but I can't currently do this through Sign Puddle. I <BR>> have to import the word typed elsewhere.<BR><BR>Actually, Charles, I believe you can. There are two quick ways.<BR><BR>The first is to create a Language Bar on your computer, that gives you <BR>a pull-down menu for Portuguese and Brazilian-Portugese, like I have on <BR>my Mac, and then you can change to the Brazilian keyboard when you are <BR>typing on the web in SignPuddle...then change back to the English <BR>keyboard when typing English...you can do this in Windows XP and also <BR>in 98...<BR><BR>The second way is to use keystrokes that are special...While in the
<BR>English keyboard, do this keystroke:<BR><BR>1. Alt-n<BR>2. n<BR><BR>Alt-n n........That will give you an n with the tilde over it like <BR>this: ñ<BR><BR>Alt-c gives you ç<BR><BR>and two dots over any vowel:<BR><BR>1. Alt-u<BR>2. then the vowel, like e, o etc...<BR><BR>So Alt-u e ....gives you ë<BR><BR>Alt-u gives you an umlaut on the next symbol you type: ö<BR>Alt-e gives you an accent on the next symbol you type: ó<BR>Alt-i gives you a hat on the next symbol you type: ô<BR>Alt-n gives you a tilde on the next n you type: ñ<BR><BR>Val ;-)<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>