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| The settings unfortuanately need to be made different Desktop environments: | == Compose Key == On our linux clients the compose key is configured on the right windows key on the keyboard. If you press and release the compose key you can now enter special combinations of existing characters on the keyboard to compose special characters. Here is a table of the most commonly used combinations: ||''' key 1 '''||||''' key 2 '''||||''' result '''|| || " |||| a ||||''' ä '''|| || " |||| A ||||''' Ä '''|| || ^ |||| a ||||''' â '''|| || ´ |||| e ||||''' é '''|| || - |||| : ||||''' ÷ '''|| || 1 |||| 2 ||||''' ½ '''|| || = |||| c ||||''' € '''|| || - |||| L ||||''' £ '''|| || o |||| c ||||''' © '''|| || / |||| O ||||''' Ø '''|| |
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| System -> Preferences -> Keyboard -> Tab:Layouts -> Button:Options... -> Entry:Compose Key position -> Option:Left Win -> close | Settings -> Region & Language |
How to enter german Umlaute and other special characters on US keyboards
Compose Key
On our linux clients the compose key is configured on the right windows key on the keyboard.
If you press and release the compose key you can now enter special combinations of existing characters on the keyboard to compose special characters. Here is a table of the most commonly used combinations:
key 1 |
key 2 |
result |
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" |
a |
ä |
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" |
A |
Ä |
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^ |
a |
â |
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´ |
e |
é |
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- |
: |
÷ |
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1 |
2 |
½ |
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= |
c |
€ |
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- |
L |
£ |
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o |
c |
© |
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/ |
O |
Ø |
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KDE
K-Button -> System Settings -> Input Devices -> Layouts
and then configure the desired layouts.
Gnome
Settings -> Region & Language