This had been addressed before on the list - but it's been awhile! For special characters (umlauts, etc) hold down the Alt key while typing in the three digit numbers below using the NUMERIC key pad. This works with MSWin95 Word Pad, AOL E-mail, Juno E-mail and Microsoft Outlook Express (and probably any other e-mail program). 142 Ä 153 Ö 154 Ü 132 ä 148 ö 129 ü 225 ß 152 ÿ 137 ë 128 Ç 130 é 131 â 133 à 135 ç 136 ê 138 è 139 ï 140 î 144 É 147 ô 149 ò 150 û 151 ù 160 á 161 í 162 ó 163 ú This was originally sent to the list by Alan Rossing in Monterey, CA. Barbara Hanville - Atlanta, GA hanville@vivid.net