Using accent marks

[Carmelass]

I'm using FTM 16 and would like to add an umlaut in one of my names. I haven't been able to figure out how to do that. Can anyone help?

[James]

Can you change the typeface or add special inserts?

[WendyPusey]

Hold down alt and the code for the umlaut.

eg alt + 0252 will give this - ü

There are some codes here

How to type German Umlauts


you must put in the leading 0, and you must use the numeric keypad, otherwise it won't work.

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

Beware that if you make a gedcom out of a tree with special characters in it and then upload the gedcom to GR, the names with special characters get corrupted!

[Carmelass]

Thanks....I definitely didn't know that and will keep it in mind.

[Carmelass]

Thanks Wendy, I'll try this.

[Carmelass]

No, I can't. That's the problem. I haven't been able to do anything with fonts but will try Wendy's suggestion.

[Elaine ..Spain]

If you need any other accents,they are listed on this FTM help page
Answer

[Mary from Italy]

Accents do tend to get corrupted by a lot of programs. The alternative (German) way of spelling a name with an umlaut is to add an "e" after the vowel, e.g. Düsseldorf becomes Duesseldorf.

[WZowe]

This is right, this change of a name helps nothing only at the search on the Internet!
Addition to this: Special signs are not used only in the German. Unfortunately, these signs are a problem in France and in Sweden Denmark and Norway for the other countries. GEDCOM or Google? There are a couple of genealogical programmes, this one accepting these signs re-saying less.
Wolf