10/28/05

For Office XP users:
Go to the Control Panel.  Click on Regional and Language Options.  Go to the Languages Tab and click on the Details button.  Choose United States - International.  Apply/OK.

KEYBOARD COMMANDS for International:
You do not use the control key for accents when in the US - International keyboard.

This setting works in Word, PowerPoint (including WordArt), Excel, e-mail and Discourse the same way.  Push the buttons SEPARATELY.

á, é, í, ó, ú = apostrophe + a (or e, i, o, u)

à … = ` + a…

ñ = shift ~ + n

ç = apostrophe + c

ä… = shift " + a…

â… = shift 6 + a

¿ = control, alt, ? (no shift key, all 3 together)

¡ = control, alt, shift, !

For Office 2000 users:

Go to Start/ Settings/ Control Panel.

Select the Keyboard icon.

Click on the Language tab (second one in).

Click on the Properties button (in middle).

Using the arrow, scroll down to United States-International (it was originally set at United States-101).

Click APPLY, then OK.  (If you don't click apply, then it will not work).

To get back to the regular United States-101, follow the directions from the beginning and just change it back.