>> The way I prefer is to use the keyboard rather that flipping back and forth between a small Windows utility called, CHARACTER MAP. << Another method I've recommended to people in the past is to create a small document with *all* the characters. Each time you open a new document, paste that small bit of text into the top, header, or footer. Then, when you need a diacritical character, simply cut and past it from the "reference block." This is a step better than CHARMAP because it provides locality of reference. But if you use diacriticals frequently then it benefits you to learn the keystroke combinations. Mac users: PopChar will effortlessly drop a character wherever your cursor is. Regards, chrismik@aol.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wanna see my comedy-writing credits? http://members.aol.com/chrismik ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Interested in Eastern European or Chicago-area genealogy? Czech-out the web page of the Czech and Slovak American Genealogy Society of Illinois: http://members.aol.com/chrismik/csagsi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~