Key for 'ë' , e with a diaeresis, in windows

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Is it possible to generate this symbol 'ë' i.e. e with a diaeresis from the keyboard in windows?

Answer 1

Hold down ALT, and type 137 on the key pad on your keyboard. When you release ALT, it should appear.

ALT + 137

ë

Check http://www.asciitable.com, or the ASCII table of your choice for the ASCII codes you can type in.

Answer 2

You mean ë ?? Just press alt+0235 .. And voila!!

For more, Go to MS Word, Insert > Symbols, then iterate through various fonts for thousands of symbols.. Enjoy.. ^_^

Answer 3

You have several choices.

Using alt+number, picking it from character map, etc. For me, I simply switch to US-International keyboard.

In Vista:

• control panel
• regional and language options
• keyboards and languages
• change keyboards
• add
• English (United States)

After you switch to it, you can enter that by typing " and e.

You can switch by selecting through the language bar or by binding it to a specific combination of keys.

This might be an overkill if you simply want that letter, but this also allows you to type in other accented characters easily.

Answer 4

More info at these links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umlaut_(diacritic)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt_code

http://fsymbols.com/alt-codes

Answer 5

In general, you can find the keystroke combinations on a Windows machine from the Character Map applet. It's located by default in Start | Accessories | System Tools. Click on a character and you get the keystroke combination in the bottom-right corner of the tool. You can also just copy/paste from there for infrequently used characters.