Using accent marks in Outlook 2003

[Bill]

In previous versions of Outlook I was able to add accent
marks over letters when creating an email. I can still
do it in Word 2003 with a Ctrl + apostrophe then type the
letter I want the mark over. But it doesn't seem to work
in Outlook 2003. Any ideas??

Thanks

 

[BMC]

This is a feature of Word and so only works when Outlook is using Word to
edit emails. In Outlook, go to Tools, Options, and on the Mail Format tab,
make sure 'Use Microsoft Office Word 2003 to edit e-mail messages' is
ticked.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

You must also have your keyboard set to use US English - International as
well.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer:
Bill <[email protected]> asked:
| In previous versions of Outlook I was able to add accent
| marks over letters when creating an email. I can still
| do it in Word 2003 with a Ctrl + apostrophe then type the
| letter I want the mark over. But it doesn't seem to work
| in Outlook 2003. Any ideas??
|
| Thanks

 

[BMC]

If the keyboard layout is set to US International, then the apostrophe is a
dead key. In *any* application, pressing just ' does nothing, pressing a
vowel after it produces the accented character. (Any other character
produces ' then the letter).

Pressing Ctrl+' then a vowel, which is what the poster is trying to do, is a
built in Word shortcut, and whether that is available in Word is dependant
on that setting. See 'Keyboard shortcuts for international characters' in
Word help.

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"

 

[BMC]

If the keyboard layout is set to US International, then the apostrophe is a
dead key. In *any* application, pressing just ' does nothing, pressing a
vowel after it produces the accented character. (Any other character
produces ' then the letter).

Pressing Ctrl+' then a vowel, which is what the poster is trying to do, is a
built in Word shortcut, and whether that is available in Word is dependant

Should read "whether that is available in Outlook"

on that setting. See 'Keyboard shortcuts for international characters' in
Word help.

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"

You must also have your keyboard set to use US English - International as
well.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.


After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer:
Bill <[email protected]> asked:
| In previous versions of Outlook I was able to add accent
| marks over letters when creating an email. I can still
| do it in Word 2003 with a Ctrl + apostrophe then type the
| letter I want the mark over. But it doesn't seem to work
| in Outlook 2003. Any ideas??
|
| Thanks