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Faberm
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Username: Faberm
Post Number: 190
Registered: 02-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, October 23, 2011 - 06:44 pm: |     |
I use a Macintosh, but have a friend who is learning Irish and he uses Windows. He asked me how to do it. On a mac it is stunningly simple to make a fada. Is there a simple way to do it on a machine running Windows where you don't have to go through the hassle of "insert" symbol, etc.?
faberm |
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Sériál
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Username: Sériál
Post Number: 37
Registered: 06-2011
| | Posted on Sunday, October 23, 2011 - 08:53 pm: | |
There are the "alt" codes that produce the symbols...and then there is changing your keyboard to a Irish one so that one of your alt keys now changes any vowels into ones with the fada over it. :) Easy Peasy! |
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Faberm
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Username: Faberm
Post Number: 191
Registered: 02-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, October 23, 2011 - 09:24 pm: | |
If you don't mind, please explain in detail how to do this. I do not have Windows and am not familiar with it. I need to be able to forward the instructions on to someone. |
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Danny2007
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Username: Danny2007
Post Number: 634
Registered: 12-2007
| | Posted on Monday, October 24, 2011 - 03:13 am: | |
I'd also like to know. I'm fortunate in the sense that I have a laptop (running Windows) which was purchased in Ireland, so it has the Alt Gr key (to the right of the spacebar). All you have to do is hit Alt Gr + vowel
Alt Gr + a = á
etc
But North American PCs don't have this key so it's harder to do fadas.
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- Daltaí.com |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 11765
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Monday, October 24, 2011 - 06:09 am: | |
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Sériál
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Username: Sériál
Post Number: 38
Registered: 06-2011
| | Posted on Monday, October 24, 2011 - 02:34 pm: | |
Without changing the layout for your keyboard within Windows OS, I do know a few alt codes that may help.
Alt+130 = é
Alt+160 = á
Alt+161 = í
Alt+162 = ó
Alt+163 = ú
I'd have to try to look up the ones for the capitalized vowels, but I hope this helps a bit. :) |
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Faberm
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Username: Faberm
Post Number: 192
Registered: 02-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 06:52 am: | |
SO INCREDIBLY GLAD I USE A MAC! SO MUCH EASIER. |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 11766
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 07:09 am: | |
Only in 7 Bit ASCII Land. European keyboards are easy too. |
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Dubhthach
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Username: Dubhthach
Post Number: 10
Registered: 09-2010
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 09:53 am: | |
For American keyboards, best option is to switch from standard "US" to "US International". The "Alt-Gr" is the second Alt key (on the right) in that setup. also allows you do umlaut's
altGr-Y = ü
altGr-P = ö
AltGr-Q = ä
that and copyright sign altGr+c = © |
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Brídmhór
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Username: Brídmhór
Post Number: 186
Registered: 04-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 06:34 pm: | |
I find it odd that American keyboards aren't as simple as the European ones. America has loads of other languages apart from English, especially Spanish, and yet people have to go through loops to insert an accent. |
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Faberm
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Username: Faberm
Post Number: 195
Registered: 02-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 11:06 pm: | |
REAL Americans use only Apple Macintosh computers. We have no problem with other language symbols! :) |
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