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How to Insert Foreign Characters in Office

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How to Insert Foreign Characters in Office

by  tgmoon  Posted    (Edited  )
This should work in Word, PowerPoint and Excel

As well as using ASCI codes from the character map i.e. ALT 0251 = v there are keyboard shortcuts that can make things a bit quicker.

[color blue]a, F, 8, =, ·
+, +, ¦, -, + [/color]CTRL+` (ACCENT GRAVE), the letter

[color blue]ß, T, f, =, ·, ²
-, +, -, +, +, ¦ [/color][CTRL+' (APOSTROPHE), the letter

[color blue]G, O, e, (, v
-, -, +, +, ¦ [/color][CTRL+SHIFT+^ (CARET), the letter

[color blue]p, ±, )
+, -, + [/color][CTRL+SHIFT+~ (TILDE), the letter

[color blue]S, d, n, ÷, n,  
-, -, -, +, _, ƒ [/color][CTRL+SHIFT+: (COLON), the letter

[color blue]s, + [/color][CTRL+SHIFT+@, a or A

[color blue]µ, ¦ [/color][CTRL+SHIFT+&, a or A

[color blue]£, î [/color][CTRL+SHIFT+&, o or O

[color blue]t, ¦ [/color][CTRL+, (COMMA), c or C

[color blue]=, - [/color][CTRL+' (APOSTROPHE), d or D

[color blue]°, + [/color][CTRL+/, o or O

[color blue]+ [/color][ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+?

[color blue]í [/color][ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+!

[color blue]¯ [/color][CTRL+SHIFT+&, s
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