Re: [libreoffice-users] two dots above the i in presentation.

** Reply to message from James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com> on Tue, 13 Mar
2012 08:18:20 -0400

> Brian Barker wrote:
> > At 00:56 13/03/2012 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote:
> > > The "absolutely" correct spelling of the word naïve has the two dots, 
> > > known in English as a dieresis, or in German as an Umlaut, indicating 
> > > a change in sound, rather than a diphthong.
> >
> > For what it's worth, the German for "diaeresis" appears to be "Trema". 
> > The umlaut looks the same, but it's a different mark: it is an accent, 
> > whereas the diaeresis is (as you describe) also a diacritic but not an 
> > accent.
> >
> > Brian Barker
> For those who are interested, it's possible to generate the various 
> special characters by using the U.S. International keyboard. With it, 
> you can use the right Alt key to create those characters, such as ü, á, 
> , £, € etc. The left Alt key works as usual.

Pardon my ignorance, but could you describe how that works or where one would
find out that information? Thanks.

Cliff

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