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SHORTCUT FOR A WITH UMLAUT HOW TO
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Press Fn and this key simultaneously to enable the Num Lock. Somewhere on your keyboard has the Num Lock key (It might be called NumLock, or NumLk, or Num, or even ScrLk). Some laptop numeric keypads are embedded/hidden within the main keyboard where the right-hand fingers types.

SHORTCUT FOR A WITH UMLAUT CODE

Some are bigger in size but are designed without this number pad.Īnd as I already mentioned, to use the E Umlaut Alt code method, your keyboard needs to have this numeric keypad. Some laptops are too small to have a separate numeric keypad on the right. Some of the alt codes work only in Microsoft Word. You should also understand that not all symbols can be typed with the alt code depending on the text editor you are working on.If it seems missing in yours, then you cannot use the alt code method to type symbols unless you connect an external keyboard that has a numeric keypad, or use the on-screen keyboard (as shown in the next section). Not all laptops have a hidden numeric keypad.

With most laptops, you can turn on this by pressing Fn + NmLk keys simultaneously.

If you are using a laptop without the numeric keypad, you should first turn on the hidden numeric keypad.

Turning off the NumLock will disable the number keys which cannot type any numbers when disabled.

Since you are using the 10-key numeric keypad, the NumLock must be turned on.

You must use the numeric keypad on the right of the keyboard to type the alt code.

You must press and hold down the Alt key before typing the code.

After typing the code, release the Alt key.Īs soon as you release the Alt key, the E Umlaut symbol you want will immediately appear exactly where you placed the cursor.

Whilst holding down the Alt key, type the E Umlaut Alt Code (0203 or 0235).

Place your insertion pointer where you need the symbol.

Open your text editor where you need to type the E Umlaut symbol.

Without any further ado, these are the steps you may use to type this symbol (Ë or ë) on your keyboard.

SHORTCUT FOR A WITH UMLAUT HOW TO

In the upcoming sections, I’m going to address how to use the E Umlaut alt code on a laptop without the 10-key Numpad. When you press your shortcut key combination (eg Ctrl + Dash) the dash with umlaut above should appear.Some laptop users may notice that their keyboards don’t have this extended number pad. Click Close and then OK to return to your document. Ensure that the "Save changes in" field is set to Normal.dotm and then press Assign (this is important!). Click within the Press New Shortcut Key field and press the key combination you want to assign to this macro - eg something like Control and Dash keys pressed simultaneously. Click on your dashUmlaut macro in the Macros pane on the right. In the Customize Keyboard window which appears, scroll down the Categories pane and click on Macros. Go into File / Options, and in the new window click on Customize Ribbon, and then beside Keyboard Shortcuts (bottom left) click Customize. If you now click on Macros within the Developer tab of the ribbon, click on your dashUmlaut macro (which may already be highlighted) and click on Run then the dash with umlaut above it should appear in your document. Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1Ĭlick the Save icon top left, and close the Developer window to return to your document. Selection.Delete Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1 Into this blank line paste the following code: Range:=Selection.Range, Type:=wdFieldEmpty, _ In the new window which appears the cursor should be on a blank line between Sub dashUmlaut() and End Sub. In the Macros window which appears type the name you want to call your macro (eg dashUmlaut), ensure the "Macros in" field is set to "Normal.dotm (global template)" (so that the macro is available across all your documents) and click Create. Then click ok to return to your document.Ĭlick the Developer tab on the ribbon, then click on Macros, near top left. If you can't see it then go to File / Options, then in the new window which appears click on Customize Ribbon and in the right hand pane click the checkbox beside Developer. Begin by opening a new document in MS Word.įirst of all you need to have the Developer tab available in the top ribbon in MS Word. The instructions below are for Word 2013 other versions may vary. This answer expands upon the solution for Microsoft Word given above by FRCLS, by putting it into a macro and assigning a shortcut key, so that you can just press the shortcut key to get it to work.