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Why doesn't Alt+ work for French accents in Thunderbird? I have a number pad.

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Kookaburra
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I have always used Alt+ for accents in French. My new keyboard has a number pad, although it doesn't have a 'number lock' key. Alt+ works in Microsoft Word so it can't be the keyboard. I don't want to use abcTajpu because it's too much trouble.

I have always used Alt+ for accents in French. My new keyboard has a number pad, although it doesn't have a 'number lock' key. Alt+ works in Microsoft Word so it can't be the keyboard. I don't want to use abcTajpu because it's too much trouble.

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Gnospen
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Alt+numbers work in my TB 38.2

http://www.alt-codes.net/french_alt_codes/

Modified by Gnospen

Kookaburra
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Merci beaucoup. This assists, to the extent that Gnospen and I have the same version of TB 38.2. So it does eliminate a source of the problem. Are there any other ideas as to why Alt+ might not work for me? Thanks