FOR THE ENGLISH WRITING WORLD:
HOW DO THEY MAKE THOSE FUNNY CHARACTERS?
If you don't have a printer manual handy,
here is the translation table for some commonly
used GERMAN characters:
HOLD DOWN the ALT key,
and then press the numbers in sequence on the
NUMBER PAD
ä ---- ALT 1 3 2 {or use ae}
ö ---- ALT 1 4 8 {or use oe}
ü ---- ALT 1 2 9 {or use ue}
ß ---- ALT 2 2 5 {or use ss}
Ä ---- ALT 1 4 2 {or use Ae}
Ö ---- ALT 1 5 3 {or use Oe}
Ü ---- ALT 1 5 4 {or use Ue}
