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February 22nd, 2013 07:00
umlaut characters
Inspiron laptop (no numeric keypad) user cannot use usual keystroke combinations to add umlaut characters to test. I write in German on occasion and would like to be able to insert umlauts by the alt+0228 (for a umlaut) method but I get an error noise. Any help would be much appreciated.
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luckyjoe5520
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February 22nd, 2013 11:00
So, I downloaded and added the language pack and it is very easy to switch between English and German therefore highly annoying problem solved. Thank you very much/ vielen Dank!
speedstep
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February 22nd, 2013 11:00
This is not a Dell Support issue. Language packs are not installed by default on Windows.
The easiest way to get language packs for Windows is to download and install them using the Language Control Panel.
www.microsoft.com/.../details.aspx
smallbusiness.support.microsoft.com/en-us
technet.microsoft.com/.../cc722435%28v=ws.10%29.aspx
luckyjoe5520
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February 22nd, 2013 11:00
Thank you for the reply. I don't care to change the keyboard layout but just need to find a way to insert umlauts as special characters as I've been able to do with every PC I've ever owned by using the alt+____ short-cut method or some other method.