My version of Microsoft Word [Word 8.0 which came with Office '97] allows easy creation of umlauts simply by using the [ " ] mark. It is painless; there is no need to recall the various combinations. Nomie -----Original Message----- From: Mary Ann Allen <wallen@pipeline.com> To: BAVARIA-L@rootsweb.com <BAVARIA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, January 15, 2000 2:28 PM Subject: [BAVARIA] Umlaut question Thanks to everyone who responded to my umlaut question. It is still interesting to me that these letters can be made with different combinations. How many combinations can make umlauts? What determines if the umlaut can be seen on a particular computer? Sometimes I receive e-mail where the writer is obviously trying to use an umlaut but the word is full of odd letters/symbols and not the umlaut itself. Surely others have seen this also. Kind regards, Mary Ann --- Mary Ann Allen wallen@pipeline.com The Gathering Place http://sites.netscape.net/murrallen/homepage ______________________________