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- From: GORDONM@DENISON.BITNET (Michael Gordon)
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.win3-l
- Subject: Re: Help
- Message-ID: <01GTZ1SPGTLG001XJB@CC.DENISON.EDU>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 16:41:00 GMT
- Sender: Microsoft Windows Version 3 Forum <WIN3-L@UICVM.BITNET>
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- >
- >I have some problems with my WINDOWS and perhaps you can help me.
- >First, I have found problems to type Brazilian characters - "cedilha", cha-
- >racters with accent and with ~ - when I run word-processors in Windows
- >(for example, MS-Works for Windows). The funny thing is that I can type
- >such characters when I run a word-processor (such as WordPerfect) in the
- >MS-DOS (for I customized monitor, keyboard and printer to do this job).
- >I suppose that the arrangements I made in my MS-DOS are not automatically
- >transferred to my Windows.
- >Do you know how can I solve this problem?
- >
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- I would try loading the Portuguese keyboard driver that came with WIndows,
- whis will give you the Brazilian characters you want in all Windows programs.
- These are ANSI characters, as opposed to the ASCII ones that run in DOS, which
- is why automatic transfer hasn't occurred.
-
- Michael D. Gordon
- CIS: 71053,471
- Internet: gordonM@cc.denison.edu
- Date sent: 26-JAN-1993 11:41:29
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