A hugh thank you to Bob, who wrote>>> ...one must use the number keys on the numeric keypad (Num Lock 'on'), and hold the Alt key down while pressing all three digits of the number, then release the Alt key. Umlaut a (ä) DOS alt-132 Windows alt-228 Umlaut o (ö) DOS alt-148 Windows alt-246 Umlaut u (ü) DOS alt-129 Windows alt-252 --------------------- My problem was that I was not using the 10-key but rather the keyboard numbers. *Note: Even though I use Win95, I must use the DOS versions to make it work. Leslie