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Special Characters running Windows on a Mac laptop...
Thread poster: Pauline Ratzé
Pauline Ratzé Switzerland Local time: 04:02 Member (2023) English to French + ...
Aug 25, 2011
Hello,
Here is my problem : I'm running Windows in a Virtual Box on my Mac laptop. Currently abroad, I do not have an extra keyboard to plug, so no numeric keypad to use.
Does someone know a way to get the special characters (…, «, », etc.) other than copying and pasting them from the Windows Character Map ?
Thanks in advance for your help !
Regards,
Pauline
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Anton Konashenok Czech Republic Local time: 04:02 French to English + ...
Custom keyboard layout
Aug 25, 2011
If there are a few characters you use a lot, you may want to consider installing a custom keyboard layout, where these characters can be typed through prefix keys. For example, I created a custom layout with many special characters and accented characters from most European languages. In particular, I can type « and » as CTRL-ALT-[ and CTRL-ALT-]. You can either download the MSKLC utility from Microsoft to make such layouts yourself, or ask me and I will send you my universal layo... See more
If there are a few characters you use a lot, you may want to consider installing a custom keyboard layout, where these characters can be typed through prefix keys. For example, I created a custom layout with many special characters and accented characters from most European languages. In particular, I can type « and » as CTRL-ALT-[ and CTRL-ALT-]. You can either download the MSKLC utility from Microsoft to make such layouts yourself, or ask me and I will send you my universal layout. Here is a partial example of what it can do: ®™«»“”¥£€₪ßüáòêčőøåæþðçċēã·±×≠≥≤≈§ ▲ Collapse
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