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Thread #4555 Message #3222818
Posted By: GUEST
13-Sep-11 - 07:59 PM
Thread Name: Londonderry Air's original (Gaelic?) words
Subject: RE: Londonderry Air's original (Gaelic?) words
For those interested in how I get the fadas to show up without using HTML, it's easy.
Hold down the ALT key and enter a three-digit number on the numeric keypad. (Sorry, I guess you can't do this on a laptop.) The numbers for the fadas are as follows:
ALT + 130 = é ALT + 160 = á ALT + 161 = í ALT + 162 = ó ALT + 163 = ú ALT + 144 = É
The Capital E is the only character I found in the ALT key coding to give a fada mark to. If you're doing a last name, just use the lower case O and it should work okay. Any other capitals needed, I'm not sure what to tell you, but these are a start....