Using umlauts in Family Tree Maker

[anna]

I think we had a discussion of umlauts recently but I couldn't find
anything about how to type in an umlaut in FTM. Do I have to make a
change my keyboard to get that character? (I know how to do it in my
word processing program, but can't figure it out in my FTW.) Thanks
for any help.

Anna

[Darlene]

I type the characters into my word processing program, copy them and
then paste into FTW. Works fine and saves me the headache of trying to
figure it out any other way!!!

Post by anna
I think we had a discussion of umlauts recently but I couldn't find
anything about how to type in an umlaut in FTM. Do I have to make a
change my keyboard to get that character? (I know how to do it in my
word processing program, but can't figure it out in my FTW.) Thanks
for any help.
Anna

[P***@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/11/2005 3:56:06 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
***@aol.com writes:

I think we had a discussion of umlauts recently but I couldn't find
anything about how to type in an umlaut in FTM. Do I have to make a
change my keyboard to get that character? (I know how to do it in my
word processing program, but can't figure it out in my FTW.) Thanks
for any help.




To type an umlaut in FTM, assuming you have windows, simply push down Num
Lock, and while holding the Alt key, type 0246 on the number key pad.

[Joseph R. (Bob) Bouvier]

For that matter, most letters with accents and similar marks can be inserted
in a similar way. Consult the Character Map feature available in most modern
Windows OSs. Each character has a code like the one cited below. Assuming
FTM supports that character, it is easily inserted using the corresponding
code.

Bob

Post by P***@aol.com
In a message dated 12/11/2005 3:56:06 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
I think we had a discussion of umlauts recently but I couldn't find
anything about how to type in an umlaut in FTM. Do I have to make a
change my keyboard to get that character? (I know how to do it in my
word processing program, but can't figure it out in my FTW.) Thanks
for any help.
To type an umlaut in FTM, assuming you have windows, simply push down Num
Lock, and while holding the Alt key, type 0246 on the number key pad.

[P***@aol.com]

I sent you an incomplete answer to your question.


with the Num Lock down and holding the Alt key, you produce these:

0228 = ä
0196 = Ä
0246 = ö
0214 = Ö
0252 = ü
0220 = Ü

[Rich256]

Post by P***@aol.com
I sent you an incomplete answer to your question.
0228 = ä
0196 = Ä
0246 = ö
0214 = Ö
0252 = ü
0220 = Ü

Ü - <alt> 0220 or <alt> 154
ü - <alt> 0252 or <alt> 129
Ö - <alt> 0214 or <alt> 153
ö - <alt> 0246 or <alt> 148
ß - <alt> 0223 or <alt> 225
Ä - <alt> 0196 or <alt> 142
ä - <alt> 0228 or <alt> 132

Ø - <alt> 0216
ø - <alt> 0248
Å - <alt> 0197 or <alt> 143
å - <alt> 0229 or <alt> 134
Æ - <alt> 0198 or <alt> 146
æ - <alt> 0230 or <alt> 145

[anna]

Thanks for your help. Works just fine.

Anna

[Laurie S]

Warning! I used umlauts for my swedish entries and then I used the Web
Search function in FTM 2006 and it doesn't work right because of the
ulauts. I have to click on Edit Criteria and remove them to search
correctly.
Laurie

Post by anna
Thanks for your help. Works just fine.
Anna

[Nick Spalding]

Post by anna
I think we had a discussion of umlauts recently but I couldn't find
anything about how to type in an umlaut in FTM. Do I have to make a
change my keyboard to get that character? (I know how to do it in my
word processing program, but can't figure it out in my FTW.) Thanks
for any help.

Get yourself a little freebie program called Allchars from
<http://allchars.zwolnet.com>
With that running in the background typing Ctrl (as a single key, not held
down) "a gives you ä and similarly for all the other vowels. The complete
list of all the accents and other pretty tricks is in the Help.