Microsoft KB Archive/254159

= OL2000: How to Insert International Characters Using Word as Your E-mail Editor =

Article ID: 254159

Article Last Modified on 9/29/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q254159



SUMMARY
This article describes how to insert international characters in an e-mail message when you use Microsoft Word as your e-mail editor.

NOTE: The procedures in this article only pertain when using the English U.S. versions of Microsoft Windows, Word, Outlook, and the U.S. Keyboard layout.



MORE INFORMATION
Open a new e-mail message, using Word as the editor, and insert an international character. To insert an international character, use any of the following keyboard combinations:

For additional information about how to set Word as your Outlook e-mail editor, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

253646 OL2000: How to Select Word as the Default E-mail Editor in Outlook

Most non-US keyboard layouts include native support for some of the diacritical marks described in this article, and the keyboard shortcuts described in this article may not work with those layouts.

More information is available about keyboard layouts in Appendix Q of Developing International Software for Windows 95 and Windows NT, available in the MSDN Library at the following Microsoft Web site: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?URL=/library/books/devintl/s25b8.htm

Additional query words: OL2K diacritical marks umlats tilde accent

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