This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lcC.2ACI/269.1.1 Message Board Post: Special characters Here's how you type those special Norwegian characters . . . With Num Lock "on", hold down Alt key and type using your numeric keypad (not number keys at top of keyboard): Alt 0216 = Ø Alt 0248 = ø Alt 0198 = Æ Alt 0230 = æ Alt 0197 = Å Alt 0229 = å Alt 0214 = Ö Alt 0246 = ö FOR MAC USERS å = Alt/Option Key and a æ = Alt/Option Key and apostrophe ø = Alt/Option Key and o Ø = Alt/Option Key and O with Shift down Å = Alt/Option Key and A with Shift down œ = Alt/Option Key and q Installing Norwegian Keyboard (Windows users) 1. Choose Start - Settings - Control Panel. 2. Double-click on Keyboard icon. 3. Click on Language tab. 4. Click on Add. 5. From Add Language drop-down list, choose Norwegian (Bokmal). 6. Click OK. 7. Click Apply. [You may need to insert your Windows disk] 8. Click OK to finish.