>Or of course you can just get the computer to use the German keyboard and
either stick labels over the letters or have your fingers remember where
they are. My first manual typewriter was bought in Germany for that
reason and I have been more-or-less touch-typing in German ever since. It
is only problematic when, as recently, the laptop software proves
problematic!
best
Jo
The easiest solution is a German keyboard. I will never understand why
> anyone working in several languages should choose an English keyboard. The
> German one can handle French and Irish and my guess is many other European
> languages much easier than the English keyboard. And of course the German
> keyboard supports English as well without any difficulties. It costs about
> EUR20 incl. postage.
> Best wishes
> Joachim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JISCmail German Studies List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Annette Blühdorn
> Sent: 31 October 2009 16:36
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> Subject: Re: Hans Hahn, Umlautlos
>
> Quoting "Dr J M Catling (LIT)" <[log in to unmask]>:
> The easiest way seems to assign a shortcut for each letter which you
> select as a symbol (Insert - symbol - create shortcut), e.g. ctrl + s
> for scharfes s, ctrl + a fur umlaut a, ctrl + shift + a for A Umlaut
> etc. This has worked with all systems so far including VISTA.
> Best wishes,
> Annette
>> Dear Hans
>> thanks for the tip. Can you not switch languages on the control panel so
>> it has a German keyboard? this is what I have always done on Windows XP,
>> NT and so on, though I haven't yet managed to instal it on Vista. >
>> good luck!
>> Jo
>>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>> I am the victim of the new Windows 7 system. Unfortunately, it seems to
>>> be
>>> so Anglo-American, that one cannot get a short cut for German Umlauts
>>> or
>>> the 'scharfe s'. Can anyone hep? If not, I would like to warn you not
>>> to
>>> get this new system, it seems unhelpful to people wishing to write in
>>> German.
>>> Hans Hahn
>>>
>>
>>
>
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> Dr Annette Blühdorn
> Teaching Fellow in German, University of Bath
> European Studies and Modern Languages
> Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
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