			 Accent Version 3.0
		    The Diacritic Key Translator

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			  USER'S MANUAL
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Overview

Accent is a Windows application that enables you to input special 
characters that are not normally found on a regular keyboard. 
These characters include accented characters, called diacritics, 
and other special symbols such as the copyright sign "" or the 
trademark sign "".

Although Windows supports diacritic characters and extended 
symbols through the use of foreign keyboards, only one of these 
can be installed at a time and keys assigned to the diacritic 
characters or extended symbols cannot be used to display the 
standard character they normally represent.

In order to display these characters, you must switch back to the 
standard keyboard by using the Control Panel International 
application and select the US keyboard.  Even when 
implemented with macros, this process takes time and is not as 
transparent as it could be.

One other drawback is that there is no established standard 
among keyboard manufacturers; the key assignment on your 
keyboard may differ from what is supported by the Windows 
keyboard DLL. In such cases, the label of a key will differ from 
the symbol that is displayed. You then have to either change the 
key on your keyboard on stick one of those specialized keycap 
label on it.

The alternative to using a non standard keyboard is to have an 
ANSI character set chart handy to look-up the value of the 
special symbol and enter it with the Alt-0 code sequence.

Accent, when installed and set up properly, will allow you to 
virtually enter all the special ANSI symbols directly from your 
standard keyboard by using a two-key combination. Since Accent 
can be customized, it will also allow you to make key 
assignments that are consistent with the layout of your keyboard.

The effects of Accent propagate throughout the system and are 
available in all Windows applications.

Installation

To run Accent, you need Windows 3.1 or Windows 95. Use the
Program Manager, the File Manager or your preferred Shell to
run the INSTALL program. To do this, use the Run command and type:
 
			x:INSTALL

where x stands for the drive letter of the Accent diskette.

You can change all the defaults that INSTALL assumes before 
committing to installation. In particular, you can select from a list 
of default Setups that implement some of Windows keyboard 
DLLs. Once this selection is made and Accent installed, you can 
use the Setup menu to customize Accent to your liking.
   
If you have been using Accent Version 1.5 and you want that 
Setup, select "Version 1.5 Setup" as the Setup to install.

INSTALL will copy all the required files to the path you have 
specified, build the required Setup and start Accent Version 3.0. 
If you have set the "Load Accent automatically when starting 
Windows" check box on, INSTALL will append the string 
"\path\accent.exe" to the "LOAD=" command line of your WIN.INI 
file.

Setting up Accent

Hot Key

Switching the translation mode of Accent to ON or OFF is done 
through the use of a Hot Key.  The translation mode is reflected 
by the Icon, which displays the accented letter "" when ON.

Mode switching occurs as soon as you hit the Hot Key 
combination (no macro execution to perform and slow you down) 
and is available in all Windows applications.

The Hot Key is a combination of the Ctrl key (the use of Alt and 
Shift key is optional) with any key in the range A-Z typed 
simultaneously. 

You can choose the Hot Key you want from the drop down list 
box of the Setup menu. The default Hot Key is Ctrl-T.

If you have defined Accelerator Keys for keyboards, you can set 
the Hot Key to none and use the Accelerator Keys to switch 
keyboard definitions. In this case, you must make sure that the 
Translation mode is always on.

Translation mode

The translation mode check box can be used to switch Accent's 
operation. It also sets the mode Accent is in when first started. 

Beeps

The Beeps check box will instruct Accent to beep you PC 
speaker when the translation mode is switched: two beeps will 
sound for OFF mode, and three beeps for ON mode. This is very 
handy and allows you to know in which mode Accent is in when 
you are working on a full screen document and Accent's Icon is 
not visible.

Diacritic Keys

Accent can translate all the diacritic symbols that are found in the 
ANSI character set.

In order to do this, you select one of your keyboard keys to act as 
a dead key representing the accent you want. You then type this 
key followed by the character you want as a diacritic.

The Setup menu has four edit fields per diacritic key. The first 
two edit fields, labeled "Char" allow you to enter the shifted and 
un-shifted character of the key so that the key will act as a dead 
key in both shifted or un-shifted state.

If you have an enhanced keyboard, you can use the next two edit 
fields labeled "Alt Char" to specify the accent. In this mode, you 
need to press the key labeled Alt-Char on your keyboard (or the 
right-hand Alt key) together with the key you dedicated as a dead 
key for the accent in order  to display the diacritic. Here also you 
can enter the shifted and un-shifted character for the key to act as 
a dead key in both states.

The requirement of using shifted and un-shifted keys is optional. If 
only one character is specified in either the "Char" or "Alt Char" 
entries, then only that character will act as a dead key.

As an example, if you have assigned the key representing the "/" 
and "?" as "Char" characters to act as the dead key for the acute 
accent , then typing "/" or "?"  followed by the uppercase letter "E" 
will give you the "" symbol. If you have assigned these 
characters in the "Alt Char" entries, then typing the right-hand 
Alt key simultaneously with either "/" or "?"  then typing the 
uppercase letter "E" will give you "".

The symbol of a key assigned as a dead key is still available 
however, either by typing the key twice in succession or, if the 
character is not an "Alt Char" character, by using the Hot Key to 
disable the translation mode of Accent. 

The following table shows the diacritic symbols Accent can 
generate:

			Characters
	  Accent                 
	1-Acute:	                      	  
	2-Grave:	                   
	3-Circumflex:	                  
	4-Umlaut:	                    	  
	5-Tilde:	          
	6-A ring:	  
	7-Cedilla:	  

Aliases

Accent can also translate special symbols by remapping 
standard keyboard keys.

You tell Accent which character you want translated by using the 
Aliases table. The table can support 264 entries and is displayed 
in groups of 24 entries in two columns. Each entry consist of a 
double edit field. You use the first edit field to identify the key you 
want to remap, the second edit field tells Accent what symbol to 
display.

At the bottom of the Aliases table are two directional push 
buttons that allow you to scan the table. Each push of a button 
will shift the table 6 entries in the direction of the button. The 
button will beep if your are at the beginning or the logical end of 
the table. The logical end of the table is defined as the end of 
entries you have made, not the 264th entry, but otherwise will 
always display the next 6 free entries so you can enter new 
data.

As an example, if you need to represent amounts of money in 
Japanese yen, you could assign the "$" symbol to be translated 
to "". Whenever you type a "$" with Accent translation enabled, 
a "" will be displayed. 

If you need to display the actual dollar sign, toggle Accent 
translation mode to OFF with the Hot Key.

One other way of generating special symbols is to assign an 
alias to an unused diacritic symbol. Assuming you have setup 
Accent to generate umlaut diacritic symbols and that you don't 
require all of them, you might use one that is not needed to be 
translated to something else.

In the above example, you could have requested the diacritic "" 
to have "" as an alias. This is done by typing the dead key 
assigned for the umlaut and then the lowercase letter "y". Accent 
will generate the diacritic "" and replace it with the alias "".

Alternates

If you have an enhanced keyboard, you can use the Alternates 
table to generate special symbols. 

The Alternates table works with the extended Alt key (the right-
hand Alt key) but otherwise has the same functionality as the 
Aliases table. The table can support up to 264 entries and can be 
scanned with the two directional buttons at the bottom in exactly 
the same way you do with the Aliases table.

For instance, if you decide to set the alternate to the lowercase 
letter "c" be the copyright symbol "", then by typing the right-
hand Alt key together with the letter "c" will generate the "" 
symbol.

Here also you can redirect unused diacritics to have alternates 
as you can with the Aliases table. The only requirement is that 
the diacritics be defined in the "Alt Char" entries of the Diacritic 
Keys table.
 
The functionality of the Alt key for Windows operation (menu 
selection and accelerators) is still available by using the left-hand 
Alt key. The Extended Alt key is captured by Accent when 
translation mode is ON, but is otherwise available to Windows.

Num Keypad

Accent normally remaps keys from the main keyboard. You can 
use the Num Keypad table to remap keys from the numeric 
keypad. The extended Alt key does not apply to the Num Keypad 
table since it is reserved to enter the Alt-0 code sequence.

Character Map

The character map displays all available ANSI characters in the
specified output font and color. The scroll bar lets you scan the map.

Use the Drag & Drop capability of Accent to enter symbols in the
various translation edit fields of the Setup window.

The Character Zoom feature, available by clicking the right mouse
button, shows an enlarge view of the character.

OK button

The OK button is used to exit the Setup menu.

Save button

The Save button is used to save your Setup. The Setup is saved 
in the WIN.INI file. This is the Setup that will be used the next 
time you start Accent.

Keyboard button

You can use the Keyboard button to load one of the pre-defined 
keyboards supported by Accent and to save or delete keyboard 
definitions. Clicking this button will bring up a dialog box with the 
following controls:

	Keyboard list: displays the list of supported keyboards.

	Load Keyboard: sets the Setup to the keyboard selected from the
	Keyboard list.

	Erase Setup: erases the Setup.

	Undo: resets the Setup to the one recorded in the WIN.INI file.
	This button is disabled if the Setup has not been modified.

	Done: ends the Keyboard dialog.

	Add Setup to Keyboard list: use this button if you want to save the
	current Setup under a new name or to one of the existing keyboard
	definitions; in this latter case, the name you give must be
	identical to the one in the Keyboard list but is otherwise case
	insensitive.

	Remove Keyboard form Keyboard list: use this button to delete a
	keyboard definition. You will be prompted to confirm the deletion
	of the definition file.

	Set Keyboard Accelerator: you can attach a keyboard Accelerator
	Key to any keyboard from the Keyboard list. Follow the instructions
	in the dialog box to enter the desired Accelerator. Once an
	Accelerator is defined for a keyboard, that keyboard can be
	enabled by typing in this Accelerator. This is identical to using
	the Load Keyboard button but is much faster and the Accelerator is
	available in all Windows applications.  

Help button

The help button will provide on-line help on the use of Accent.

Fonts button

The Fonts button allows you to use color coded fonts to display 
input/output characters in the Setup window. You can thus see 
exactly what symbols will be displayed when you use these fonts 
in your applications. 

Test button

The Test button displays the Accent Test window. You can use 
this window to enter characters from the keyboard and see how 
these are translated by Accent. The Hot Key and Accelerator 
keys are enabled when the Test window is active: this allows you 
to test the various configurations defined in the Setup.

Distribution

Accent is distributed as SHAREWARE. You may make copies of 
the software and give it to whomever you wish as long as you do 
not alter it in any way and that you copy all the files, including this 
manual.

The program is provided "as is" with no warranty of any kind. It is 
your responsibility to decide if this software is suitable for your 
use.

Registration

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