Can anyone explain why I do this...............................

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    When I am typing I sometimes get a &quot;U&quot; with the accent above it.</p>

    I can't work out what key combination &Iacute;'m using to get it. Just done it again over the &quot;I&quot;.
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    Any suggestions?
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    Re: Can anyone explain how I do this...............................

    Alt and 163 on number pad.
     
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    Thanks that works but I'm not using the key pad when it happens.

    It' just annoying me when have to re-type.
     
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    I don't know about the UK keyboard, but at least in the Finnish keyboard that I'm using there's a ¨ (with also ^ and ~ on it) key next to Enter, and ´ next to Backspace.

    Try pressing the ¨ or ´ first, then press A E I O U or Y
     
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    Forget that

    the UK keyboard seems to be totally different.

    However I found this on some website:

    Assuming you're running a UK English keyboard setting in Windows XP, you can use the following:

    AltGR + s = scharfes S
    AltGR + p = o umlaut
    AltGR + y = u umlaut
    AltGR + q = a umlaut

    Add Shift for upper case umlauted characters.

    I hope that helps.
     
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    Worked it out Ctrl/Alt u is what Iv'e been doing. It's not what I thought it was.
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    &uacute;&uacute;&uacute;&uacute;&uacute;&uacute;&uacute;&uacute;&uacute;&uacute;&uacute;&uacute; </p>

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    Thanks guys.</p>
     
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    It's the .. key followed by the u key. Also kan be used over o, a and probably som other. ä ö ë ü ï ......
     
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