Persistent virtual keyboard?

Is there any possibility of permanently displaying the virtual keyboard (i.e., with the accents)? As it is, you have to click the icon after each question followed by a another click to display the keyboard with accents (for Spanish, at least).

I use Quizlet to practice verb infinitives and conjugations (a learning tool I highly recommend, by the way.) I notice that in the Learn section of a set of words that any accented letters that are required for an answer are provided in the answer box. For example, if "dónde" "quién" and "cómo" will be needed, then ó and é are provided, the others are not. I thought that little trick was pretty cool. That said, though, I don't use virtual keyboards. I switched my laptop to the US International Keyboard and I can now easily type accented characters. In fact, I have been doing it long enough that I can type accented characters as efficiently as any other character. I think that if I am going to learn and use this language I should learn to write it properly.

I type fast (the most valuable class I ever took...) and am used to an AZERTY keyboard. I can revert to QWERTY (American) if the need calls for it but I really don't want to throw in another layout in my little head. For the course, I first type all the characters without the accents ("é" I've got...) and then go back and copy/paste the accentuated characters from a text file - a pain but still faster than using the virtual keyboard. Jason - Thanks. Anything you can come up with would be appreciated. Dan - Thanks. What you're suggesting is efficient but a cheat. :-) I am deliberately working my "orthographe" (spelling?) and these contextual accents (like in the examples you mention above) are the toughest part. If the system presents me with what to use, I will remain in my lazy state and not really learn.

I'm trying to figure it out how to type diacritics on a qwerty keyboard. I have found advices that we can use French - canadian (old canadian) input system (which is qwerty), but still I don't know how to type â, ê, î, ô, û ë, ï, ü, ÿ no problem with: é à, è, ù ç æ

Hi Adener, Thank you for contacting us. Here is a list of keyboard shortcuts for writing in French: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/keyboard-shortcuts-for-international-characters-HP005186562.aspx Please note that the ^ is found above the number 6 on your keyboard (I had trouble finding it, so I thought I would point it out) I hope that helps!

My keyboard is visually QWERTY but configured for AZERTY (French). If this is your configuration, then this is how you get the characters you are looking for: "â", ... - type "[" followed by "a" (or whatever character you're looking for) "ë", ... - type "{" followed by "e" (or whatever character you're looking for)