Typing international characters

Xara LX includes shortcuts for the following special characters. The characters are entered in the Text Tool by first pressing CTRL along with a modifier, releasing both keys and then pressing the letter to which the modifier should be applied. The CTRL-character key press is called a 'dead-key'. So, for example, to enter an õ, you would hold down CTRL, type a ~ (usually Shift+#), release CTRL and then press o.

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Notes

You can also type in these characters if you know the character number. (Many books list the Windows character set and corresponding numbers.) Hold down ALT and type the number on the numeric keypad.

Some keyboards (for example Portugal, German) do dead keys already. Xara LX does not affect this.

Some keyboards require you to press CTRL to get an accent character (for example to enter the ' for an è). If your keyboard does this, it should provide another way for you to enter international characters.

If you wish to disable this system and you know how to edit the registry, change HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Xara\Xara LX\Options\TextTool\UseDeadKeys from "1" to "0".

If you are in a country with a keyboard that does not have one of the required keys (for example Portugal does not have a ^) you must enter the character using ALT+<character number> or use CharMap or a similar program.

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