On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 13:37 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:25:17 -0400 > Oliver Ruebenacker <curoli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Is there a way to type special characters (such as umlauts) on a US > > keyboard under Fedora? > > System - Preferences - Hardware - Keyboard > > Select a layout that includes the characters that you require. > The above solution changes the language of the keyboard which is ok if that is what you want to do. But for example is you just want to type a foreign word in an OOwrite document there is a special character option that would allow you to do this under Insert-> Special Characters -- ======================================================================= Windows NT Beer: Comes in 32-oz. cans, but you can only buy it by the truckload. This causes most people to have to go out and buy bigger refrigerators. The can looks just like Windows 3.1 Beer's, but the company promises to change the can to look just like Windows 95 Beer's -- after Windows 95 beer starts shipping. Touted as an "industrial strength" beer, and suggested only for use in bars. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx