Alan,

Piece of cake.  Hold down the "alt" key and then punch in on the numeric
keypad,164. This will put in the ñ that you need so much in the Spanish
language.
Remember it put in the whole thing the n and the ~ over the n, as
follows, ñ.

See you at the meeting on August 28, "Cuban Liguus" program??

Later,

Emilio

Alan Gettleman wrote:

>Dear Shellers and Linguists,
>That is great and it works.  But I cannot find the magic keys for the
>"tilde" over the letter "n" used so much in Spanish.  Is there a shortcut
>for that?
>
>Alan Gettleman, linguistically challenged in
>Merritt Island, FL
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Patty Jansen" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 5:23 PM
>Subject: Umlaut
>
>
>Dear Linda and other English-speaking people,
>
>Yes, that is correct Röding is the same as Roeding, for the time when
>computers would not do umlauts and other signs. Now, they all do, and it
>just takes a little figuring out. Each program has it's own way of
>inserting these, but a usually foolproof method is the Alt-key and the
>number keypad on the right side of your computer keyboard (note that you
>may have to have the number-lock key pressed before it will work and type
>the three-digit number on the number keypad while holding either of the two
>the Alt keys).
>
>Now repeat after me:
>
>Alt-129 = ü
>Alt-130 = é
>Alt-135 = ç
>Alt-136 = ë
>Alt-147 = ô
>Alt-148 = ö
>Alt-149 = ò
>Alt-160 = á
>Alt-162 = ó
>
>So now we all expect your shell labels to be perfect!
>
>Patty
>