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    please help!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by GApeach32105, Mar 31, 2005.

  1. GApeach32105

    GApeach32105 Newbie

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    i'm new to having a laptop... and i'm bilingual..well, working on it! anyway.. how can i use different characters without using the ''character map"? you know.. like on regular computers you can push ALT 164 and get an n with a tilda over it? please help!!

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    hmmmmmmmm... well i dunno about wanting to know stuff that could get me killed! lol.. buuut whenever i try and and hold down the ALT button and then push 164 it makes the sound like it makes you back up too many spaces, you know? is there a way i can fix that?
     
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    You can push ALT 164 and get an n with a tilda over it on a laptop as well.






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    Thinkpad T41:
    * 1.6Ghz Pentium M * 768Mb Memory * 40Gb Hitachi 7200RPM * Panasonic UJ-845-B DVD+RW *
     
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    GApeach32105 Newbie

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    sorry! i didn't mean to cross post.. i didn't know it actually posted the first time..[V] sorry! any idea why i can't use ALT 164 on my laptop?
     
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    I don't know what OS you are using, but on mine, XP Pro, you hit Alt + 0241 to get the lower case n with the tilda. Worked fine for me. I don't know what sound you are refering to when pressing the Alt + 164. I turn off most sounds on my pcs. They drive me mental like the one when hit on a link in Internet Explorer and it makes that clicking noise. You can do that in Crontol Panel. Good Luck.





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    GApeach32105 Newbie

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    i have no idea what OS is.. i barely had my laptop for a full week... and yeah. i have XP professional.. and i tried ALT 0241.. and nothing happened.. i guess i'm just beyond help... :/
     
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    On a normal computer you must use the number pad to achieve the "ALT-Number" special characters. The same is true on a notebook.

    Most notebooks have a "Pad Lock" function that converts the following keys into a number pad:
    789UIOJKLM(on my laptop)

    You must enable this "Pad Lock" feature so that you can hold ALT and press "jou"(on my laptop anyway) for example to achieved alt-164(ñ).

    Hope this helps.



     
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    GApeach32105 Newbie

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    hmm..... any idea how i can enable that? like i said, i'm pretty new to the whole laptop thing.. i have a gateway, if that helps any :/

    thanks so much!!
     
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    look for a button (probably upper left hand part of keyboard) that says "Num Lock" it will aslo prolly be in a different color, then look on your keyboard, there should be numbers next to the letters in the same color as the num lock key.
     
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