Re: Windows XP

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From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 02/17/04


Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 18:34:15 -0800

Doug Cummings wrote:

> Recently switched from 98SE to XP.
>
> In older versions of Windows you had an alternate keyboard to access
> things like fractions and foreign language characters. I notice there
> does not appear to be anyway to get XP to accept keyboard 850 as the
> default keyboard (or if there is I haven't found it) or these lost
> characters. If there is would someone please let me know what it is.
>
> DEC

Are you talking about Character Map? XP still has it. If it wasn't
installed on your machine, you can add it from the Add/Remove Programs
applet in Control Panel - Windows components.

Malke

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