opens the Emoji Panel, then Symbols and scroll down to Latin Symbols. The Emoji Panel in Windows 10/11 has the umlaut and other accented characters buried deep. To type umlaute using the US International Keyboard layout, type a quotation mark () and then the letter over which you would like the umlaut to appear, i.e. PowerPoint totally ignores the Word umlaut shortcut. In Excel, Ctrl + Shift + : inserts the current time as a string (not the Time() or Now() functions). Consistency across the Office apps is something Microsoft talks about but doesn’t manage too well. If you thought the same Ctrl + Shift + : trick would work in Windows versions of Excel or PowerPoint, you’re in for a disappointment. Typing Option + U makes an umlaut appear in the document, typing another letter adds the umlaut if there’s an umlauted letter available. Press Option + U (U for umlaut, geddit?) then the letter you want.
i have also tried changing it to UTF8 i am. It converts UMLAUT into random characters. So the problem comes while inserting the data to the database.
It’s a lot easier on a Mac computer because there’s a shortcut that works in all apps. i am developing a script which takes a csv as an input, it then reads the file and insert its contents to a mysql database. After that press the vowel key you want and, presto, the letter appears with an umlaut. In Microsoft Word or Outlook for Windows, the shortcut is Ctrl + Shift + : (hold down Ctrl and Shift then type the colon key). Type ‘naive’ and Word will add the umlaut automatically. Speaking of ‘naïve’ that’s an example of a word autocorrected to add an umlaut in Word’s default English AutoCorrect list. Also in Finnish, Estonian, Turkish and others.
French have them too in words like naïve. Sometimes adding an umlaut alters the whole meaning of the word. Umlauts are important because they’re not just a guide to pronunciation. There are alternatives in Windows and Mac if you’re not using Word. Once you know the ‘secret’ shortcut, it’s easy to type the umlaut vowels ä ë ï ö ü Ä Ë Ï Ö Ü in Word and Outlook but, alas, it’s not the same in Excel or PowerPoint.