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cmpm:
http://vulpeculox.net/ax/

for English keyboards I believe, not sure

via- http://www.freedownloadaday.com/2010/12/18/add-accents-easily-with-ax/

Curt:
http://vulpeculox.net/ax/

for English keyboards I believe, not sure
-cmpm (December 18, 2010, 08:56 AM)
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- for any keyboard, I believe. And surprisingly easy to use:

johnk:
http://vulpeculox.net/ax/

for English keyboards I believe, not sure
-cmpm (December 18, 2010, 08:56 AM)
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- for any keyboard, I believe. And surprisingly easy to use-Curt (December 18, 2010, 06:07 PM)
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I've been playing around with AX and the best thing about it is that you can create a custom set of changes that make the program do exactly what you want. By default it works in a single language of your choice, but with a custom set you can cover multiple languages. My set currently looks like this:

Custom=aàáâäåa AÀÁÂÄÅA BßB cçc CÇC eéèêëe EÉÊÈËE iîïíìi IÎÏÍÌI nñn oôöòo OÔÖÒO uûùúüu UÛÙÜU ?¿?

When you type a letter and press F8, AX cycles through the options in the order you have chosen. I've used AHK for this kind of thing in the past, but AX actually makes this very easy and quick. Good find.

cyberdiva:
Belated thanks, cmpm, for the info about AX.  It seems to work the same way as the myKbd alternative keyboard I installed several years ago on my PalmTX, which has proved invaluable. 

I know all the ALT+4 codes I need for my desktop computer, but I think AX may replace AllChars on my netbook.  As others have pointed out, most notebooks and netbooks do have a numeric keypad that can be accessed with a function key, but it's a rather awkward way to get these characters, especially if you need them frequently (as I do when I write in bad Spanish).  AX looks very promising.  I haven't tried it out yet, but I will very soon.  Thanks also to Curt and johnk for offering more testamonials about this program.

tranglos:
There's also Type Accents:



Not free, but very slick. Press a combination of modifier keys and the base (unaccented) letter you want. For instance, to type ë, ê, æ or € you may press Ctrl+Win+e. The window above will display, just choose the accented version you need.

Lots of languages and symbols are supported (in the higher editions; the basic edition supports only 1 language, I think).

The concept is really nice; I'd love to see a freeware clone.

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