Lynn wrote: How does one put the accent marks over the letters in messages? That's something I never learned how to do. Thanks for everyone's help. Lynn Davis researching: Palenik, Kristyak, Forstner Lynn, to type special characters Many languages use special characters. This section describes how to type some of the common characters on both Windows and the Macintosh. For more characters, do one of the following: On Windows, open the Character Map program in the Windows Start menu. (The default location of Character Map is: Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools.) On the Macintosh, open the Key Caps program in the Apple menu. To type special characters on Windows: Turn on the Num Lock option on your keyboard. On most keyboards, you turn on Num Lock by holding down the Shift key and pressing the Num Lock key. There may be an indicator light on your keyboard that shows whether the Num Lock option is turned on. While holding down the Alt key, type the number of the character you wish to enter from the following table: ¡ = 173 ¿ = 168 « = 174 » = 175 ã = 0227 â = 131 ä = 132 à = 133 Ä = 142 á = 160 ç = 135 é = 130 ê = 136 ë = 137 è = 138 É = 144 ï = 139 î = 140 ì = 141 í = 161 ñ = 164 Ñ = 165 õ = 0245 ô = 147 ö = 148 ò = 149 Ö = 153 ó = 162 ß = 225 ü = 129 û = 150 ù = 151 Ü = 154 ú = 163 0193 Á 020 É 0205 Í 0211 Ó 0218 Ú 0225 á 0233 é 0237 í 0243 ó 0250 ú 0192 À 0200 È 0204 Ì 0210 Ò 0217 Ù 0224 à 0232 è 0236 ì 0242 ò 0249 ù 0191 ¿ 0209 Ñ 0241 ñ 0223 ß 0199 Ç 0231 ç 0255 ÿ 0196 Ä 0228 ä 0194 Â 0226 â 0195 Ã 0227 ã 0197 Å 0229 å 0203 Ë 0235 ë 0202 Ê 0234 ê 0207 Ï 0239 ï 0206 Î 0238 î 0214 Ö 0246 ö 0212 Ô 0244 ô 0213 Õ 0245 õ 0216 Ø 0248 ø 0220 Ü 0252 ü 0219 Û 0251 û Hope this helps, Laszlo Josa