Re: Help With AbiWord For Windows?

From: Stephen Viles (sviles_abi@iinet.net.au)
Date: Tue Apr 29 2003 - 08:05:29 EDT

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    29/04/03 6:18:06 PM, curtisminbc@canada.com wrote:
    >Well I am using a US keyboard layout
    >with Windows 98.
    >
    >What I am wondering is if I need a
    >Danish font to be able to enter Danish
    >characters or?
    >

    As Steve Anderson reported, in AbiWord 1.0.4 and later versions,
    you can enter the Danish accented characters æøåÆØÅ by holding
    down Alt while you type four digits on the numeric keypad
    (not the main keyboard), then releasing Alt. The four digits are:

    æ 0230
    ø 0248
    å 0229
    Æ 0198
    Ø 0216
    Å 0197

    More details at http://wp.netscape.com/eng/intl/accentinput.html

    Displaying Danish seems to not require a new font.
    I copied the following from http://www.danmark.dk/

    Sikkerheden bekymrer ikke danskerne - kun når det gælder e-handel
    Mange mennesker er bange for at handle på nettet, selv om de ret
    beset ikke behøver at være så bange for det, som f.eks. mod virus,
    hacking, spam eller andet, der trænger sig ind i computeren.
    Sikkerhedskulturen er med andre ord fuldstændig...

    Started AbiWord 1.05 with da-DK dictionary installed.
    Tools - Language - Danish.
    Paste.
    Danish text appears OK, only four words have red squiggle.

    By the way, the language-country code combination does not actually
    appear in the AbiWord 1.0.5 status bar - it does appear in the
    1.9.0 status bar, but I don't recommend you use that version unless
    you want to help us find bugs.

    Cheers - Stephen.

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