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French quotes on Dell computer

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May -  
 Gil43 -

Hello,

I recently got a Dell XPS 13 9305 and I'm having trouble making French quotation marks with my keyboard. I only have these: '' '', can you please help me?

Thank you to the person/people who will respond to this message :)

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jordane45 Posted messages 30426 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   4 830
 

Hello,

Generally, they automatically replace the " with the " in software that has this feature (like Word, for example).

Here, you didn’t specify which software you’re trying to do this in.

At worst, you can create them using the key combination ALT + 0171 and ALT + 0187 « »

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Best regards,
Jordane
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Pierr10 Posted messages 13777 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   5 812
 

Hello,

The alt+ key combinations are unusable on this computer which does not have a numeric keypad! This is a common issue with Dell.

There is still the character map.

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May > Pierr10 Posted messages 13777 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention  
 

Hello,

I understand better now why nothing was working when I tried to make those combinations. Thank you for your response!

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Pierr10 Posted messages 13777 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   5 812 > May
 

Hello,


The easiest thing is to buy a numeric keypad that connects via USB. Some come with USB outputs, which helps avoid losing a port. The price is quite low (around €20). It can be a handy solution.

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Gil43
 

Simply try SHIFT 2 at the beginning and SHIFT2 at the end.

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epango Posted messages 37195 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   Ambassadeur 4 270
 

It's easier to type the < and the > sign twice to get <<xxxx>>.
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jordane45 Posted messages 30426 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   4 830
 

Yes but... they're not really the quotation marks....

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