Nisus Writer Express - Manual (Page 286)

266 Appendix II - Displaying Fonts and Text
Enter a character using the keyboard
Most of the unusual (Roman based) characters are made by pressing a combination of a key on the
keyboard and a “modifier” key such as
4 . For example, you can also create the symbol “§” 4 then
the 6 as illustrated in Figure 217 below, in the small application called Keyboard Viewer which is
available from the bottom of the Input (keyboard) menu) if you have turned it on.
Other unusual characters are called delayed strike characters. As illustrated in Figure 218 below,
these require you to press
4 and then two keys to give you the character you want. To help you
find these keys (in this instance u which (in the Keyboard Viewer) when you release the 4 key
illustrates all the characters that can have the umlaut above them.
Figure 217
Tiger Keyboard Viewer of the U.S. Extended keyboard after pressing 4
Figure 218
Tiger Keyboard Viewer of the U.S. Extended keyboard after pressing 4 u