How to Use Umlauts in WordPad
- 1). Open a new document in WordPad.
- 2). Hold down "Alt."
- 3). Type the following codes on your numeric keypad to make the corresponding letter:
0196: Ä
0203: Ë
0207: Ï
0214: --
0220: Ü
0159: Ÿ
0228: ä
0235: ë
0239: ï
0246: ö
0252: ü
0255: ÿ - 4). Release the "Alt" key. The letter, with an umlaut, appears in WordPad.
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