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From: yahnke@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Ross Yahnke, MACC)
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Subject: Re: French accents under MS WORD ? help beginner... Try Nisus
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Date: 20 Nov 90 14:20:31 GMT
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>>	I have a very stupid question to ask... A friend of mine is taking
>>French in Grad school, therefore using Ms Word she wants to access all those
>>lovely accents and extra characters that the US keyboard doesn't show !

I've found one of the best solutions to this problem is the PopChar init
that puts a hot spot in one corner of your screen. When you mouse down 
in that corner a pop-up menu appears with every single character in the 
current font displayed. You can then select the character and PopChar 
will place the character in your document. And as you move the mouse 
over various characters, PopChar will display the correct key sequence 
necessary to actually type the indicated character. Very unobtrusive, 
stable, and worthwhile, if you ask me... PD from sumex. - Ross

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