WORD 2013 - entering a word with an accent
Hello,
When I type the word "sautee" or "sauteed", Word flags it as a mis-spelling. I'm guessing this behavior is b/c there needs to be an accent on the first "e". Once or twice, I got autocorrect to put it in for me (perhaps when I typed "sautteed" but not sure.)
How do I enter an "e" with an accent to avoid this problem. Or, is there a way to tell autocorrect to do it for me?
Thanks,
Steve
When I type the word "sautee" or "sauteed", Word flags it as a mis-spelling. I'm guessing this behavior is b/c there needs to be an accent on the first "e". Once or twice, I got autocorrect to put it in for me (perhaps when I typed "sautteed" but not sure.)
How do I enter an "e" with an accent to avoid this problem. Or, is there a way to tell autocorrect to do it for me?
Thanks,
Steve
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Hi,
It's easy when you know how :)
While holding down the accent character, press the character you wish to accent.
´+e = é (acute) (I am using a combined Scandinavian keyboard, so it's to the left of the backspace).
For US Keyboards, it's the key at the upper left under the tilde (~)
Cheers
Leon
It's easy when you know how :)
While holding down the accent character, press the character you wish to accent.
´+e = é (acute) (I am using a combined Scandinavian keyboard, so it's to the left of the backspace).
For US Keyboards, it's the key at the upper left under the tilde (~)
Cheers
Leon
I usually just go to the Insert ribbon and click Symbol. The "Latin-1 Supplement" drop down has most of the common accents, but keep scrolling and there's even more.
(Also, my quick & dirty cheat is to Google the word, find it properly spelled in a search result, copy and paste. The accent will copy over. Grade-school-ish, but it works!)
(Also, my quick & dirty cheat is to Google the word, find it properly spelled in a search result, copy and paste. The accent will copy over. Grade-school-ish, but it works!)
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You can also add a language, like French for "sautéed", in the Language menu of the Options window. The only thing there is to beware of typing something incorrectly in English, but it actually being a French word--autocorrect would not fix it, as it would recognize it as a French word, even if you meant to type something in English and just got it wrong.
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Hey all,
Sorry for the lack of response. Was away from computer. Looks like there are some great responses here, I will review when I can.
Thanks to you all! :)
Steve
Sorry for the lack of response. Was away from computer. Looks like there are some great responses here, I will review when I can.
Thanks to you all! :)
Steve
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@John - Thank you. That worked (the link to the info on microsoft.com)
@Michael - Thank you as well. That worked, too! :)
FWIW, John gets the "best answer" simply because he was first.
@Leon and Katie - Thank you for your contributions, even though I ended up not using them. :)
Steve
PS-Funny thing, after I received all of your solutions, and was playing around with "sauteed" in my text (part of a novel), I ended up deciding to use "baked" instead b/c I thought it would taste better! :)
@Michael - Thank you as well. That worked, too! :)
FWIW, John gets the "best answer" simply because he was first.
@Leon and Katie - Thank you for your contributions, even though I ended up not using them. :)
Steve
PS-Funny thing, after I received all of your solutions, and was playing around with "sauteed" in my text (part of a novel), I ended up deciding to use "baked" instead b/c I thought it would taste better! :)
@stevefromc - You are very welcome and I was happy to help.
Easy way for me is to correct words and add them to my dictionary.