ÆØÅ Not Working in Google Docs and Open Office

[Soren Madsen]

Hi,

I am Danish and fresh out of the Windows world. Wehu!

MacBook Pro
Software: OS X 10.9.5 (13F34)

PROBLEM:
I am a professional grant writer and need to use ÆØÅ all the time. I bought my MacBook in Thailand where I live so it does not come with ÆØÅ keys.

The press and hold O and A for accented alternatives only work for ÆØÅ in a few programs . For example, it works in Google Docs but not in Google Sheets. It works in Microsoft Word 2011 but not in Open Office Apache 4.

I found other people with a similar problem, but not solutions: http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/117434/press-and-hold-for-accents-does-not-work-everytime

Guys, I need your help! I need to use Google Docs, alternatively Open Office, but NOT having Word as a single option for text files. I really want to leave Windows, so please help me out so that I can get the most out of my new MacBook Pro.

Thanks,
Cheers
Soren Madsen

 

[Nermal]

Can you use the Option key instead?

Option-Shift-' = Æ
Option-Shift-O = Ø

I don't know how to get the other character; Option-A gives å but Option-Shift-A does nothing at my end... but try it anyway.

 

[Soren Madsen]

Hi Nermal,

Thanks for taking time out to answer my question. Spot on! How can I top rate your answer?

Best regards,
Soren

 

[MacInTO]

If you use Yosemite, there is a new feature to get these characters.

Æ & Å = hold shift+A and you will see the selection of options.

Ø = hold shift+O and you will see a selection of options.

I found out by accident when I was writing something that needed accents. No need to remember anything now!

 

[Soren Madsen]

Hi MacInTO,

Thanks for taking time out to help me.

I knew this Press and hold for alternatives shortcuts and I have been used them for a while. In my opinion, the ALT functions is better and faster, works with capital letters, and in more programs. But thank you again.

Cheers,
Soren

 

[Nermal]

Thanks for taking time out to answer my question. Spot on! How can I top rate your answer?

Good to hear that it's working! You can click the little "up arrow" in the bottom-right corner if you like

Edit: Actually, I think that you need a certain number of posts before that shows up, so don't worry about it.

 

[Soren Madsen]

Right.

But thanks for a solid answer mate