Hi, Jon - the easiest way to put in accents, umlauts, and such is to get them from the "Character Map" program that's under "Accessories" in Windows 95. Copy whatever you might need out of Character map, and paste them down at the bottom of your word processor document. For each accented character, make up an unusual letter combination - I use "oe" for an accented "o." Then, do a search-and-replace, pasting the desired character into the "replace" box. Comprende?
-Joe Offer-