Crusher Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 [quote user="Chocolate"]Until an Arrete ( circumflex over middle e and an acute over the ending e) is issued nothing is formalised. [/quote]Wouldn’t it have been easier to just type ‘Arrêté’ in the first place? [Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 [:)][quote user="Crusher"]Wouldn’t it have been easier to just type ‘Arrêté’ in the first place? [Www][/quote]Welcome to the forum and congratulations on a nice 1st post [;-)]Whilst Chocolate's comment could be regarded as superfluous I think it's fair to assume that if he/she had been able to type Arrêté he/she would have done so ?Please remember that just because this is a French forum it doesn't mean everybody is at a French computer or even in France.Happy new year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocolate Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 Thank you Crusher for your kind comment regarding my post and perceived superfluous typing. As ErnieY has rightly said, I do not have access to a French computer. My above post contains information gained by following a long, hard route through French formalities and red-tape. I had hoped to point someone else in a possible direction so that they could have, at the very least, a place to start. I have benefitted enormously from advice and information given on this forum, as it is clear others do too. None of us comment upon the mistakes we all make fairly often; that is not the purpose of the friendly, helpful and supportive place that this is and frankly, it is just....well....rude.My English keyboard and I humbly apologise and we will make certain that all our posts will be editted very carefully of working, thoughtless notes to self in the future.Happy New Year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 You forgot to promise never to do humour or light-heartedness!Have a happy and healthy new year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushkin Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 Chocolate,Did you get my PM?Pushkin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Yes, Crusher's posting and a maiden one at that, was a bit of a waste of time.As far as accented characters go try downloading from www.lexicool.com which was initially pointed out by Will. It's a bit cumbersome but it saves those of us who are memory challenged trying to remember all those short cut key strokes to get these characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 [quote user="Benjamin"]to remember all those short cut key strokes to get these characters.[/quote]Benjamin, can you enlighten me? I use Lexicool but it produces gobbledegook in some documents on recipients' computers. Could you explain the short cut key reference to me, if you would be so kind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Accented characters can be produced with a combination of the "Alt key + Num pad"For example, to produce the character é, press "Alt+0232".I use the character table in Windows to produce the accented letters used in French.It is usually found in the Accessories menu.I have put a shortcut to it in the taskbar and it is always accessible.PS: in this instance, keep the ALt key pressed whilst typing 0232 (i.e. do not type +!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Various options are discussed here:http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/898543/ShowPost.aspxhttp://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/603441/ShowPost.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert the InfoGipsy Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 I find that é (e acute) is the accented character that makes the single biggest difference to the comprehensibility of typed French. It's also the easiest to produce on a Windows machine: just type <Alt Gr> + E. You can also use <Ctrl> + <Alt> + E. I'm pretty sure there's an Apple equivalent but I no longer have my Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 éWow, it works. Thanks very much folks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 On my French laptop, ctrl+alt+E produces €Same with alt gr+E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 €I get the Euro with Ctl Alt 4 on my UK desktop. I really must experiment more often![:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini_man Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 I'd have thought Crusher was an excellent name for a troll [Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocolate Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 é é é é é â â â .............I can do it too !!!!! Thank you everyone for the usual kind and helpful info.If anyone thought that my written accents were not up to scratch, they should just hear my spoken French accent !!!!!!! [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 I keep this page in my bookmarks as a quick aide memoire. Unlike other lists of 'Alt keys' for characters, this one only gives the accents for French - which saves trawling through a long list of characters most of which I will never need! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weegie Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 I find this very useful for accents. Unfortunately, at the moment it is not compatible with "Vista" but useful for "XP" and earlier. The easiest way to use it is to create a shortcut and pin it to the quick launch toolbar. It is then always immediately available without cluttering the screen. http://www.avisoft.co.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 http://www.lexicool.com/lexibar_french_special_keyboard_characters.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert the InfoGipsy Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 [quote user="Clair"]On my French laptop, ctrl+alt+E produces €Same with alt gr+E[/quote]Yes, but you can get all the accented characters directly, via the numeric keys. As someone else said, UK keyboards get € with <Alt Gr> + 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 [quote user="Scooby"]I keep this page in my bookmarks as a quick aide memoire. Unlike other lists of 'Alt keys' for characters, this one only gives the accents for French - which saves trawling through a long list of characters most of which I will never need! [/quote]This is fun. Didn't have any idea about using the Alt key. Have been practising for the last minute. Cool...Your page, Scooby, has been bookmarked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groslard Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 The easiest way (which I use) is to have a French keyboard: you can change between the two on Windows at the bottom right corner of the screenThere is another way, which is to use a French spell check.I have one on Thunderbird for all my emails and you can have the add-on for Firefox too (Dictionnaire myspell en Français)A third way is to open an email account with Yahoo.frThen anything you type to send can be checked and corrected automatically by the Yahoo spellcheckThese all avoid contortions with alt etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 Nice idea but hopeless if you touch type, Groslard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 Lexibar for French special keyboard characters (Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista - 140 kb) Lexibar French gives rapid access to French special characters not available on your keyboard.Very easy to use just click and drag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 As said above, though Pads, it produces gobbledegook on French computers. The script comes out with funny squares everywhere! I don't know if that's the case with the Alt system - I'll try sending the o/h an e-mail as an experiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groslard Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 My point about the yahoo account is that you type in without accents..it corrects them, adding them, then you just copy paste the text.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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