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Davyd - 18 May 2008 05:52 GMT

Awhile back after looking for and finding the PowerToys for Windows, i had
also found something similar for the Office products. They were said to be
low level tools that weren't really needed for any but the beginning users.
However, i noticed that one of the tools offered was a way to get more
characters into Word & Excel. Specifically, like changing the "th" in
numbers (as in 39th) to superscript. As well as other nifty little
characters like the German double S and the Spanish N. Anyone know of where
this can be picked up or if there's a way to do this in Excel without the
tools? XP version, by the way.

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JoeSpareBedroom - 18 May 2008 15:25 GMT

> Awhile back after looking for and finding the PowerToys for Windows, i had
> also found something similar for the Office products. They were said to
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> this can be picked up or if there's a way to do this in Excel without the
> tools? XP version, by the way.

Windows already has this capability without additional tools. Two ways:

1) Enable new languages in a big way: In Control Panel, choose Regional and
Language Options, click the Languages tab, and install the languages you
want. Click the Details button to see how to shift from English to another
languages quickly while you're working. For me, it's ALT LeftShift, which I
believe was the default method, but you can change that.

Google for foreign keyboard layouts if you want something to print and refer
to as you learn the new layout. For instance:
http://www.forlang.wsu.edu/images/kspanish.gif

2) If entering foreign characters on an infrequent basis, you can use the
ALT key along with a series of numbers on the numeric keypad on the right
side of your keyboard. Here's a chart:
http://www.starr.net/is/type/altnum.htm

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