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Textklick 
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:24
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German to English
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Mine for German special characters have suddenly stopped working (no, my Caps Lock is not on ).
This applies to Word docs and online like here (Ctr+Alt+0252 = zilch).
Any spontaneous advice welcome. Online forums have not helped so far.
Windows XP2 Pleb Version, SP2.
TIA for any inspiration.
Chris
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Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:24
Member (2006)
German to English
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| | Number lock off? | Nov 17, 2009 |
Hi Chris,
The only thing I can think of is another obvious one, I'm afraid - you haven't inadvertently pressed Number Lock off by any chance? I know that happens to me sometimes and I end up activating Wordfast commands instead of typing ü or ä - most disconcerting!
Hope you solve it soon,
Claire
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Textklick
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:24
Member (2003)
German to English
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Claire Cox wrote:
Hi Chris,
The only thing I can think of is another obvious one, I'm afraid - you haven't inadvertently pressed Number Lock off by any chance? I know that happens to me sometimes and I end up activating Wordfast commands instead of typing ü or ä - most disconcerting!
Hope you solve it soon,
Claire |
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Thanks so much Claire - it worked! Solche Schätze wie du muß man kennen!
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Thomas Ochiltree
United States
Local time: 00:24
Member (2005)
Latin to English
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| | Another technique in WORD | Nov 17, 2009 |
In WORD, but only there, one can quickly enter the letter from the main keyboard (regardless of whether num lock is on) by holding down CTRL and SHIFT while you type : (the colon/semicolon key) RELEASE CTRL and SHIFT and THEN type the non-Umlaut version of the letter (e.g. A foe Ä, a for ä) and the Umlaut version of the latter will appear. For ß use the same procedure except instead of : type &, then again AFTER RELEASING THESE KEYS type s amd ß will appear. Again, this only works in WORD. for other places such as here the numerical keyboard with num lock on has to be used. Good luck.
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PRAKAASH
India
Local time: 10:54
Member (2007)
English to Hindi
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| | An intelligent answer! | Nov 18, 2009 |
Claire Cox wrote:
Hi Chris,
The only thing I can think of is another obvious one, I'm afraid - you haven't inadvertently pressed Number Lock off by any chance? I know that happens to me sometimes and I end up activating Wordfast commands instead of typing ü or ä - most disconcerting!
Hope you solve it soon,
Claire |
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It's an obvious answer but many people starts thinking beyond it, once an issue is there.
I used such tricks a lot while interacting with US clients over the phone few years back. Especially, this one, checking the 'Num Lock' key, if it is 'on' or 'off'.
-PRAKAASH
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esperantisto
Belarus
Local time: 08:24
Member (2006)
English to Russian
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why wouldn’t you simply enable the German layout?
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The translation workplace 
