German Umlaute ö ü ä on US keyboard

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German Umlaute ö ü ä on US keyboard

What do I have to do on a US keyboard to get these Umlaute? In windows it works with alt and a number, but that does not work on my mac?

Thanks for your help!!!!!!!!

Mac Book Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Posted on Nov 16, 2006 1:06 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 16, 2006 2:21 AM in response to berndnyc

Press Option-u.

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Answer 2

Nov 16, 2006 2:49 AM in response to berndnyc

To expand on Partick's post… you need to press option-u and then the letter you want the umlaut above. So, to do a ü you type option-u and then u.

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Answer 3

skeelo221

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Nov 27, 2006 8:54 PM in response to infinite vortex

Cool, I didnt know this was built in.
Danke!

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Answer 4

Conal Ho

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Nov 28, 2006 8:41 AM in response to skeelo221

Yeah...this has been built in since at least System 6.0 which was the Mac's operating system back in the late 1980s.

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