I have an Epson Stylus printer and it prints umlauts ok if I use Alt..... to create the Umlauts in my document. I wonder if it has something to do with the rest of the settings. I sometimes change the keyboard to Deutsch, but it takes a lot more concentration to type, I actually learned the 10 Finger system on a German keyboard. I usually use Times New Roman, if that helps any. Ines in freezing cold Calgary ----- Original Message ----- From: <clentz@swbell.net> To: <GERMAN-KINGDOMS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 1:33 AM Subject: [GERMANKING] Printing umlauts. > If I use the ascii (alt 129 etc.) to type u,o,or a with umlauts my > printer, "Epson > Stylus Pro" will not print them. I can send them in e-mail though. To > print > these letters I change my keyboard (Windows 98) to Deutsch by going to > My computer, click on Control panel, then regional settings. Scroll > down > through the countries until you can highlight standard german and click > on OK. > At the right-hand bottom of your screen you should see either En or De. > You > can choose De and the printer will print the umlauts. CAUTION! The > > german keyboard is different that ours. Y and Z are interchanged. All > of the > umlaut characters are on the keys Colon, Quote, and the keys to the > right of > P on the keyboard. Many other symbols are changed so you have to hunt > and > find them. No other letters are changed though. You can also print § > and ß. > I don't know if this works for Win95. I suspect it does. When I get my > Win95 > computer back up I'll try it and report. > Carl > > > ==== GERMAN-KINGDOMS Mailing List ==== > Subscribers: > Can you spare $10 dollars to support Rootsweb? > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > >

Easiest way - if you run Windows - find a little program called Character Map. Should be under Accessories, if not, search for charmap.exe. This gives all characters available in the fonts installed on your computer - best to set it to Arial for general usage. You can either use the keyboard combinations indicated in the bottom bar or copy & paste. No need to change your keyboard settings or remember number combinations! HTH Jo Taylor

See... http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/HINTS/ForeignChar.htm However ... ae for ä oe for ö ue for ü ss for the German character that resembles the letter B (ß) but is used and pronounced like ss, are totally acceptable, in writing letters or using most search engines, or with computers that won't handle the codes. Examples: Bäker or Baeker = a baker Nördlich or Noerdlich = Northerly Für or Fuer = for Groß or Gross = grand, big, tall Remember that the use of ä, ö, and ü (ae, oe, ue), will dramatically alter the pronunciation, use, and meaning of a word. Time to buy that _best_ German dictionary? You can listen to spoken German via the language link in our Table of Links, at the website below, or purchase a tape or CD-ROM at your local "super" computer store. ;~) Don http://go.to/Hessen