Scandinavian characters
From SFHS
How can I key in those Scandinavian characters is a common question. On the Finlander discussion forum the following instructions were posted.
(Link to the discussion: here.
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General help document
...can be found here within Wikipedia
Thanks Jaska for the link!
Windows - ALT-sequences
(Karen Norwillo and others instructed on Finlander) It you don't have a Swedish or Finnish keyboard setup you can key in those letters using a so called ALT-sequence
- Ç 128 (alt 128)
- ü 129 <----
- é 130 <----
- â 131
- ä 132 <----
- Ã 133
- å 134 <----
- ç 135
- ê 136
- ë 137
- è 138
- ï 139
- î 140
- ì 141
- Ä 142 <----
- Ã… 143 <----
- É 144
- æ 145
- Æ 146
- ô 147
- ö 148 <----
- ò 149
- û 150
- ù 151
- ÿ 152
- Ö 153 <----
- Ü 154
Use the number keyboard on the right side of her keyboard (not the numbers at the top of the keyboard), and to have the Num Lock light lit. There are other combinations of letters that can be used. A complete list can be found here
Windows - ALT-sequences on a laptop
If you are using a laptop plese refer to the manual to see how the numeric keyboard function can be used.
Windows - switching keyboard definitions
(Jaska instructs on Finlander:)
- Instructions for adding another keyboard layout for XP can be found e.g. here.
- In W2K same is in Control Panel under Keyboard - Input Locales.
- No idea about Vista - haven't ever even seen one
- Finnish and Swedish layouts are the same!
- Default hot key for switching between layouts is: Left Alt+Shift
- åÅ will be right of P - in place of [ and {
- öÖ will be right of L - in place of ; and :
- äÄ will be one more right - in place of ' and "
Mac - sequences
(Karen Douglas instructs on Finlander)
Do you use a Macintosh computer? If so, the symbols are as follows:
- Type Option u, then a for ä
- Type Option u, then Shift a for Ä
- Type Option a for å
- Type Option Shift a for Ã…
- Type Option u, then o for ö
- Type Option u, then Shift o for Ö
Mac - toggling keyboard definitions
(Sune instructs on Finlander)
If you are blessed with a Mac you can also go to the sysem preferences, chose "international" and then "indata menu" where you check the box for Finnish or Swedish keyboard layout. You can then toggle between different keyboard layouts with alt+cmd and then space.
When you want to write a Scandinavian dotted letter you change from your american keybord to the scandinavian. Ten you type [ for å, { for Å, ' for ä, ; for ö and : for Ö,
It's much simpler than myc description and when you have the scandinavian keyboard at hand with a simple key combination, you won't have to remember any codes!
Using U.S. Extended layout -keyboard
(copied from the web)
In Mac OS X, many keyboard layouts employ dead keys. The U.S. Extended layout employs dead keys extensively (reached with option and option-shift) allowing a large inventory of characters to be easily typed. In the U.S. layout, the following smaller selection of dead keys appears (all reached with simply option):
- option-e (á, é, Ã, ó, ú)
- option-` (à , è, ì, ò, ù)
- option-u (ä, ë, ï, ö, ü, ÿ)
- option-i (â, ê, î, ô, û)
- option-n (ã, õ, ñ)
- option-c (ç)
The user simply types the base character after striking the dead key. For example, the key-strokes option-e and e result in the character é. In Mac OS X, pressing one of these key combinations creates the accent and highlights it, then the final character appears when the key for the base character is pressed. Some diacritically-marked Latin letters, of course, such as ŵ (used in Welsh), cannot be typed with the U.S. layout. That layout, which predates Unicode, provides access only to characters found in the legacy Mac Roman character set and does not support other diacritics, such as ˇ (caron), that are not commonly found in Western European languages (but which are commonly used in many Eastern European languages). However, the Mac OS X U.S. Extended keyboard layout, which was released after Unicode support became common, does provide access to many more diacritics.
Thank you all for the instructions!!/Hasse
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