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How to type accents

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I seem unable to type accents in Firefox using Windows XP ALT shortcuts. I've had to use a utility ( http://www.typeaccentpro.com ) which works fine but I would still like to know what the problem is with my Firefox. IE and Google seem OK.

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A few times a week

User Agent

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Tablet PC 1.7; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.5.21022)

I seem unable to type accents in Firefox using Windows XP ALT shortcuts. I've had to use a utility ( http://www.typeaccentpro.com ) which works fine but I would still like to know what the problem is with my Firefox. IE and Google seem OK. == This happened == A few times a week == User Agent == Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Tablet PC 1.7; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.5.21022)

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cor-el
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Make sure that you have Num Lock enabled.

See also http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306560/en-us - How to use the United States-International keyboard layout in Windows 7, in Windows Vista, and in Windows XP