Try F4 when in WinBMD. Look in the WinBMD Help File under "Entering Special Characters" for more information Allan Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: <andyjervisuk@tiscali.co.uk> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 09 April 2005 21:28 Subject: Special Characters I'm come across a surname with an accented letter E but there doesn't seem to be any facility to type that in Win BMD so can I write it in Microsoft Word and copy and paste it into my file? Will Win BMD allow me to do that and is it acceptable to Free BMD? Yours, Adrian Jervis ___________________________________________________________ Book yourself something to look forward to in 2005. Cheap flights - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/flights/ Bargain holidays - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/holidays/ ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== Need to get a fast answer to your transcribing problems? Go to the Transcribers Knowledge Base at http://FreeBMD.RootsWeb.com/vol_faq.html ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx