On 2 Nov 2009 at 8:22, BURDUMY, A wrote:
> Alternatively you can just open the symbols page in Word and set shortcuts for the small letter
> umlauts, e.g. CTRL+a for ä, CTRL+u for ü. This will remove the original shortcuts (like CTRL-u =
> underline), but it works so much faster when typing a German letter in Word. You still have to
> either use the ALT-method or the symbols page for capital Umlauts, but in general the small letter
> umlauts are much more common and it speeds up things a lot for me.
This is fine as far as it goes, and I used to do it myself. However, it's not just a
matter of word-processing. What about Googling in German, looking up things
in Adelung or Grimm etc.? There it is surely easier simply to switch between
keyboards.
Howard Gaskill
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