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Problem with Swiss keyboard in Cafetran
Thread poster: Urs Wolffers
Urs Wolffers
Urs Wolffers
Switzerland
Local time: 01:53
French to German
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Feb 16, 2018

Good morning everybody I am Swiss and have a Swiss keyboard, this doesn't have a ß and if I need this character I use a macro of phraseexpress. This works fine when writing this text (google chrome) or in any windows software besides cafetran. I can put in the ß as usual, but the whole existing text disappears. My shortcut for ß is ctrl§. Any ideas? Mit freundlichen Grü

ß


en Urs
 
Hans Lenting
Hans Lenting
Netherlands
Member (2006)
German to Dutch
ß Feb 16, 2018

Perhaps you can try with AutoHotkey? Or try to define another keyboard shortcut in PhraseExpress? It looks like PhraseExpress generates a CTRL+A (select all) first.

[Edited at 2018-02-16 12:50 GMT]
 
Hans Lenting
Hans Lenting
Netherlands
Member (2006)
German to Dutch
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[Edited at 2018-02-16 12:48 GMT]
 
Urs Wolffers
Urs Wolffers
Switzerland
Local time: 01:53
French to German
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TOPIC STARTER
Shortcut modified Feb 16, 2018

Hello Hans I changed the shortcut to ctrl F12 and: NOTHING HAPPENS (no character in cafetran and correct character in word) so I think that there is a general incompatibility and I will try autohotkey. Have a great weekend
 
Platary (X)
Platary (X)
Local time: 01:53
German to French
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Alt + 0223 ? Feb 16, 2018

Hi, did you try the Alt + 0223 combination? It works well on my keyboard, and a ß is not so frequent... So, just use it!

Mit besten Grüßen
 
Olivier Anh
Olivier Anh
Switzerland
Local time: 01:53
English to French
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ß on mac keyboard Dec 27, 2018

Gruezi

In case you are on a mac, ß is available directly on the swiss keyboard using Alt + s


[Edited at 2018-12-27 09:11 GMT]
 


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